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Lansdowne Resort & Spa

Become a DCD>Connect Partner

Why DCD>Connect | Virginia?

The luxury destination event for the North America's data center industry, DCD>Connect | Virginia will bring together 1,500+ top executives from data center engineering, operations, construction, and procurement teams.

Our focus is on maximizing in-person connections through experiential, memorable networking experiences, giving you a unique opportunity to build rapport with buyers across all four stages of the buyer journey.

With a unique mix of debates, workshops, tech-exchanges, panels, interviews, demos, and 1-2-1 introductions, DCD>Connect | Virginia enables technology vendors and service providers to build meaningful connections. We offer bespoke packages that incorporate brand awareness, content creation, thought leadership and demand generation to ensure you're maximizing your time out of the office while supporting technology discovery and day-to-day best practice.

The Connect Experience enables you to build engagement across the full buyer journey

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    Drive Brand Awareness

    Data center buyers are 69% more likely to reach out to brands they trust and recognize. Ensure your brand is front-of-mind with onsite branding opportunities that provide maximum visibility to over 1,500 buyers for the duration of the event.

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    Showcase Your Thought Leadership

    Our in-person content opportunities provide you with a platform to educate buyers face-to-face. However, we also leverage our digital capabilities to provide you with an edited recording of your session for use across your marketing campaigns, to generate maximum long-term value from your investment.

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    Share New Technologies

    The perfect environment for meeting new buyers and hosting existing partners for meaningful discussions and demos. Our turnkey solutions enable your sales execs to focus on showcasing your technology and expertise. Post-event, our industry-leading reporting suites enable your sales teams to continue the conversation.

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    Host Experiential Networking Activities

    Whether you're looking to build new relationships or reconnect with existing clients, our suite of closed-door experiential networking opportunities are designed to foster meaningful relationships. From 5K Runs to Wine Tasting, this is a unique opportunity to connect away from the show floor.

Learn more about our audience & how you can connect with them on-site....

To join us in Virginia, request a consultation with our sales team today...

From thought-leadership to branding, we can work with you to create a package suited to your sales and marketing goals.

Here's what our partners have to say about their DCD>Connect experience:

  • “The events are absolutely critical to our marketing strategies; everything is run brilliantly, and we trust DCD to put on the best events.”

    Stulz

  • “We work with DCD at a global level; they target our customers across the world, and we’re seeing really strong ROI and quality leads from that.”

    Schneider Electric

  • “We had an internal discussion about budget allocation and we agreed that DCD is the priority sponsorship of the year vs Data Cloud Monaco and DCW. We know we’re getting great value with DCD.”

    DEIF

  • "We saw incredible value on the DCD offering. It is the best-value event series and the one with the highest ROI and a real emphasis on outcomes."

    CommScope