Duane Warren
Seminars
Thursday 19th February 2026
Panel: Strengthening Stakeholder Communication to Bridge Gaps Between Design Intent & Operational Reality
3:30 pm
- Facilitating dialogue between rack manufacturers, infrastructure engineers and operations teams to ensure mechanical designs align with server/rack requirements
- Examining the lack of full-system integration ownership across vendors, designers and contractors, and how to prevent fragmented integrations and misalignment between components
- Highlighting breakdowns at commissioning handoff to identify where design plans often crash with operational realities to prevent issues early
- Building industry-wide collaboration frameworks to support rapid growth, knowledge transfer and alignment on evolving workload and cooling demands
Friday 20th February 2026
Panel: Discussing the Shift to Dynamic Systems to Anticipate Roadmaps & Guide Long-Term Strategy
8:10 am
- Analyzing chip manufacturer roadmaps and emerging technologies to anticipate evolving thermal and power requirements
- Evaluating advanced mechanical equipment innovations to balance compact footprints with energy efficiency
- Exploring alternative piping materials and configurations beyond stainless steel to speed installation, maintain fluid purity, improve reliability and reduce material and operational costs
Thursday 19th February 2026
Adopting Cooling Innovations that Enhance Efficiency & Resilience to Drive Down Total Cost of Ownership
8:10 am
- Designing low-overhead mechanical systems to drive down cooling related PUE through optimized pump curves, staging chillers and right-sizing fans
- Balancing efficiency, redundancy and lifecycle costs to ensure that operational improvements do not compromise reliability or introduce mechanical stress
- Effectively planning for redundancy to cut power consumption and future-proof against density growth and reliability risks
