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Connect | New York // Capacity Planning Welcome Lunch

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  • Edge Computing
  • Cloud & Hybrid
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Phill Lawson-Shanks

Chief Innovation Officer, Aligned Data Centers

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Phill Lawson-Shanks

Chief Innovation Officer, Aligned Data Centers

Phill Lawson-Shanks has more than 25 years of experience identifying new opportunities for further growth of leading data center infrastructure, network architecture, and cloud solutions in the U.S. and abroad. As Chief Innovation Officer at Aligned, Phill is responsible for the management of revenue generation and profitability objectives, as well as championing key innovation, technology, and sustainability strategies aimed at maximizing new business development.

Prior to joining Aligned, Phill served as Chief Innovation Officer at EdgeConneX, where he was instrumental in driving strategies focused on creating the next generation of network edge-based data centers for the digital content ecosystem. Throughout his career, Phill has also served in numerous senior executive-level positions at Virtacore, Alcatel-Lucent, Savvis (now CenturyLink Technology Solutions), and MCI (now Verizon Digital Media Services). He currently holds eight active technology patents and serves on the Board of Directors for Netrality Data Centers as well as the Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) Advisory Board.

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Andria Zou

Senior Director of Global AI Strategies and Solutions, NVIDIA

How can you future-proof data center capacity in the age of AI, Cloud, and the Edge revolution?

In this session, explore how data centers can adapt to the shifting demands brought on by the rapid evolution of AI, cloud, and edge computing. As AI models transition from training to real-world deployment, new requirements around scalability, latency, and real-time processing emerge.

This session will also examine how the rise of autonomous AI systems affects infrastructure needs. Additionally, with the growth of edge computing, examine how distributed architectures impact data center design, power consumption, and location strategies, offering valuable insights to future-proof capacity planning.

Join your peers and our hosts for a private lunch session focused on the future of data center capacity and the opportunities and challenges ahead.

This session is by invitation only.