Join us at Western Canada’s premier digital infrastructure and data centre industry conference to hear from leading experts, exchange information and ideas with ecosystem partners, and network with the who’s who of digital infrastructure.
Your ticket grants you access to the full day of the conference - breakfast, morning sessions, lunch, afternoon sessions, and a networking reception.
Scroll down to see the program, event details and our expert speaker line-up!
Doors open 7:30am, programming starts shortly after 8am. Networking starts after last session until 6pm. Please show your confirmation email or your name and order number upon entry. Registration is non-refundable; transferrable only upon approval by the organizers. Tickets are first come first serve. Early bird price ends March 31.
The ethos of this conference is to bring experts across the country and globe (the ones actually investing in, creating, developing, creating policy for, and owning and operating in the space) and the local ecosystem together. This is the largest and most focused digital infrastructure industry event in Western Canada, with a specific focus on digital infrastructure opportunities and bottlenecks from chip and rack to thermal and power, to grid, powerplant and policy.
Want to learn from industry leaders about market dynamics and trends in Alberta, Western Canada, the country, North America, and beyond - site selection, supply chain, connectivity, policy, cooling, power, training/inference, and more across the digital infrastructure spectrum including colo, edge, hyperscale, cloud, AI, and more?
Confirmed Digital Infrastructure Experts and Leaders Speaking at Data Centre West 2026
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Bill Kleyman
CEO and Co-Founder
Apolo.us; Data Center Industry Expert
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Buddy Rizer
Executive Director
Loudoun County Economic Development
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Dan Jolivet
Senior Vice President & Area Manager, Life Sciences & Technology
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Matt Vincent
Editor in Chief
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Angela Adam
Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing
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David Bexte, M.P.
Member of Parliament - Bow River
House of Commons Canada
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Honourable Nate Glubish
Minister of Technology and Innovation
Government of Alberta
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Honourable Nathan Neudorf
Minister of Affordability and Utilities
Government of Alberta
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Shitiz Agarwal
Vice President, Power Systems, Sales and Operations
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Frederick Bayles
VP, Corporate Development
Cologix
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Phillip Koblence
Co-Founder
Nomad Futurist Foundation
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David Lane
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Rachel Attebery
Chief Operating Officer
Diode Ventures
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Margarita Patria
Principal
Charles River Associates
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Sam Bradbury
President
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Bill Wyatt
General Manager
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James Beer
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Edwin Liou
Applied Sales Manager | Western Canada
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David Billay
Project Manager
Bitdeer
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Taylor Briggs
Principal, Public Policy, Canada - AWS
Founding Member - Canadian Coalition for Digital Infrastructure
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Matthew Swinamer
Technical Sales Engineer
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Gordon Dolven
Data Center Research Director
CBRE
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Bill Woodhead
Partner
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Darrell Sargent
Director of Planning, Western Canada
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Sean Jones
Senior Staff Business Development Manager, Megapack
Tesla
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Ian Macdonald
Business & Innovation Leader
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Sean Murphy
Chief AI Officer, Assistant Deputy Minister, AIberta AI Data Centre Strategy Lead
Government of Alberta
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Mark Morrissey
Director, Economic Innovation and Growth
Sturgeon County
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Chad Ziegler
Sales Manager
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Ed Socia
Regional Director - North America
datacenterHawk
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Cliff Grossner
Chief Innovation Officer
Open Compute Foundation
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Lillian Kasa
Head of PPA & Energy Origination
Metlen
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David Bell
VP of Data Center & MicroGrid Development
VoltaGrid
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Lisa Sweet
Interim CEO
Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo Economic Development & Tourism
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Ben Sutton
Product Marketing Manager
CoolIT Systems
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Nicholas Labonte
Mechanical Engineer, Mission Critical Facilities
Stantec
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Eric Yang
Principle Mechanical Engineer
Vantage Data Centers
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Graeme Harrison
CEO
Simply Silicon
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Sunny Sarpal
CEO
AI Hub of Innovation (AHI)
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Philippe Burns
CEO and Co-Founder
Tech Thursday
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Todd Dettling
Vice President, Customer and Stakeholder Engagement
FortisAlberta
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Jon Horsman
CFO
Sovereign Digital
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Mark Le Dain
CRO
Fuelled
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Marc Kronewitt
Exec. Officer - Business Development
Denvr Dataworks
CONFERENCE AGENDA (TBC)
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Doors open 7:30am. Programming begins shortly after 8am. Breakfast Keynote Speech, breakfast included in registration.
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Hyperscaler Outlook Panel
Colocation and Inference Panel
Coffee Break
Power Panel
State of the Industry Presentation
Supply Chain and Innovation Panel
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Lunch Keynote Remarks, lunch included in registration.
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Afternoon Keynote
Construction, Engineering & Security Panel
Executive Fireside Chat
Coffee Break
Policy, Regulatory, Workforce & Ec Dev Panel
Cooling & Sustainability Panel
Local Case Study Panel
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Begins after last session, concludes 6pm. Networking event for conference attendees, included in registration.
Still have questions? Take a look at the FAQ or reach out anytime.
Your Questions, Answered-
Hyatt Regency, downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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We have a discounted rate available at the hotel venue, contact us to receive booking details.
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We curate our speakers and sponsors to ensure that the people who are experts in and are actually building, operating, investing and working in digital infrastructure have the opportunity to share their insights. and the audience has the opportunity to learn from world-leading experts.
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Approximately 300.
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Yes, attendees will receive breakfast, lunch, and networking reception tickets.