Sydney Cloud & Datacenter Convention 2025: Cloud & Datacenter in Transition

The grid is now the biggest bottleneck for AI, and this discussion will focus on solutions to address it through behind-the-meter power. At the event, scalable, utility-grade power delivery will be explored including a solution combining lean-burn medium-speed gas engine technology from Bergen Engines with Marelli Motori generators and  Piller Power Systems power conditioning technology.  Our presentation will include a case study of a recent power plant installation at a mine in Western Australia.

Over the 30+ year history of the data center, modularity as a principle for design and construction has moved mainstream to become a necessary principle of data center design and build. Modularity takes many forms and is adapted to many needs profiles-space shortage, location, efficiency, speed of deployment, consistency of the build in terms of systems and operations. How will modularity as a principle of design and build develop into the future and what are the key challenges it will face?

Deploying connectivity infrastructure in AI clusters—whether compact AI clusters or massive AI Factories—presents unique challenges. These include shortened project timelines, significantly higher optical fibre counts, limited pathway availability, and the added complexities of power, cooling, and migration planning. In this session, Matias Peluffo will share insights and lessons learned from real-world deployments, offering practical approaches for designing and deploying the connectivity infrastructure needed to support the Generative AI networks of today and tomorrow.

Best practice datacentre management is required to deal with the growing demands on data centres in the context of requirements for continuous availability and cost (and carbon) efficiency. This presentation will describe the process of achieving an overview across the entire data centre and a view of where risks to operations are highest. The keynote will also take the data centre forward in time as AI and other demand sources ratchet up the pressures on data centre operation and management.

What, broadly, are the processes that different vendors of data centre solutions and equipment go through from coming up with the initial ideas behind a solution to bringing it to market? What are the key decisions made at critical points in this process? How are key trends and changing market needs factored into the design, manufacture and ‘go to market’ process? How will these processes evolve moving forward into the future?

A technical presentation focusing on the impact of AI on power quality for your data centres and possibilities to manage the negative impacts in order to maximise uptime.

Security products, systems and services tackle the evolving needs of some of the world’s most complex organizations. Your security backbone with deployment with options incorporating multiple technologies including mobile, cloud, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. The open architecture solution supports multiples of third-party system interfaces that extend the capabilities of your security management system.

While the principles of sustainability have become more widely adopted in corporate culture, it has taken longer for their practices to be viewed not merely as costs, but as strategic investments. Going green today means more than environmental responsibility—it also means adopting smarter, more resilient business practices that maximize every dollar spent, reduce organizational inefficiencies, and transform burdensome costs into value-generating opportunities. How are these trends playing out in the data centre sector? What role can leadership, technology, best practices, and corporate values play in driving both sustainable and economically sound progress across the industry? 

Australia’s data centre market has experienced unprecedented growth for an established economy, with CBRE’s 2024 report estimating its investable universe at $23 billion, projected to reach $40 billion by 2028. What’s fuelling this momentum—and what risks or disruptions could slow it down? As demand continues, how are data centres being viewed from a real estate perspective? How do they compare to other asset and infrastructure classes, and what impact does this lens have on investment appetite, valuation, and operational strategy?

As awareness grows of the importance of data centres in enabling today’s digital world so the challenges faced by the industry are more widely observed. The next few years will further increase the focus on digital infrastructure from business, from Government and from the wider community. As requirements for operational performance, sustainability and return on investment ramp up, how will data centre leaders deliver now and into the future on these objectives?