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Wednesday, 22 July 2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (America/New_York )
Developing and Delivering Sustainable Data Centers
🗓️ July 22nd, 2026
🕒1:00 - 2:30 PM ET
📍Online (Zoom)
🎫Free to attend
Data centers are moving fast, and the expectations around them are moving just as quickly.
This virtual conference brings together leaders from across data center development, delivery, engineering, energy, and sustainable construction to look at what it now takes to win work, deliver with confidence, and build facilities that clients, regulators, and communities can trust.
For organizations working in or moving into the data center market, this is a chance to hear what credible delivery looks like from the people shaping it.
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Why this matters now
Demand for data centers is accelerating across North America. That brings huge opportunity, but also greater pressure.
Clients want speed, performance, resilience, and sustainability. Communities want confidence that major developments are being handled responsibly. Regulators and public stakeholders are paying closer attention to environmental impact, energy, water, and long-term value.
For contractors, developers, suppliers, consultants, and project teams, sustainability is becoming part of delivery credibility. It influences how bids are judged, how risk is managed, and whether commitments made upstream can survive the reality of complex project delivery.
The organizations that get this right will be better placed to win work, protect relationships, reduce rework, and show clients they can deliver more than a strong proposal.
What the session will cover
This session will explore how sustainable data centers are being planned, built, and delivered in a market where expectations are rising fast.
Speakers will look at what sustainability means across real data center projects, including carbon, energy, water, community expectations, regulatory pressure, and supply chain readiness.
The conversation will also focus on how organizations can better position themselves in this market. That means understanding what clients are looking for, where delivery risks tend to appear, and how to build stronger alignment across contractors, suppliers, and project teams.
Expect a commercially useful discussion on the link between sustainability, trust, and delivery confidence.
Why attend
If you are involved in data center projects, or want to be, this session will help you understand the standards and expectations shaping the market.
It is especially relevant for teams that need to:
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Compete for data center work with stronger sustainability credentials
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Understand what clients and asset owners are starting to expect
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Reduce the gap between bid commitments and site delivery
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Support suppliers and subcontractors as expectations rise
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Respond to questions around carbon, energy, water, community impact, and responsible growth
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Build trust with clients, regulators, and wider stakeholders
In a constrained market, simply pushing requirements down the chain is rarely enough. Stronger delivery depends on shared understanding, better capability, and fewer surprises once projects move from strategy into delivery.
Who should join
This event is designed for professionals involved in the planning, design, delivery, procurement, operation, or approval of data center projects.
It will be particularly useful for contractors, developers, asset owners, project teams, procurement professionals, sustainability and ESG leads, engineers, supply chain teams, planners, policymakers, and public sector stakeholders.
It will also be valuable for organizations looking to enter or expand in the data center market and understand how to show they are ready for the expectations that come with it.
Meet the speakers
Amanda Abell
Vice President of Sustainability, Stream Data Centers
Amanda leads sustainability strategy across operational facilities and new developments at Stream Data Centers. She brings deep experience in emissions reduction, sustainable development, and stakeholder engagement across high-impact sectors.
Brian Freilich
Chief Engineer, Keller
Brian works with project teams across North America to solve complex ground improvement and geostructural challenges. His experience is highly relevant to large, fast-moving developments where technical confidence and delivery certainty matter.
Chad V. Seely
Senior Vice President, Regulatory Policy, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Corporate Secretary, ERCOT
Chad brings senior insight into energy policy, compliance, reliability, and regulatory expectations, offering an important perspective for energy-intensive sectors such as data centers.
Dale Sinclair
Global MMC Lead, WSP
Dale is a leading voice on digital technologies, offsite manufacturing, and kit-of-parts approaches. His work focuses on transforming how complex built environment projects are designed and delivered at scale.
Steve Clem
Data center growth is creating major opportunities, but the bar is rising.
Join us to hear how industry leaders are approaching sustainable delivery, supply chain capability, stakeholder confidence, and the standards shaping the next generation of data center projects.
We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and respectful learning environment for all users of our platform. Discrimination or harassment of any kind is not tolerated, and we strive to ensure our programs are accessible to all participants. To learn more, please review our Anti-Discrimination Policy and Accessibility Statement.
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Wednesday, 22 July 2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (America/New_York)



