Connect | Virginia // Major Panel: Weathering the storm - Strategies for sustainability amidst increasing extreme weather events

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  • Main Stage - November 7
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Speakers

Carsten Baumann

Director, Strategic Initiatives & Solution Architect, Schneider Electric

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Carsten Baumann

Director, Strategic Initiatives & Solution Architect, Schneider Electric

In his role as a Solution Architect at Scheider Electric, Carsten is helping clients with their industrial IoT and sustainability initiatives in the commercial & industrial and data center markets that allow them to achieve greater resiliency and sustainability objectives and create economic benefits. Prior, he supported the consulting and engineering community by advising on resource-optimized energy management solutions in the data center market. He offers nearly three decades of experience in the data center, broadcast, telecommunications, AV and IT industry. His papers have been published in peer-reviewed journals and he frequently speaks on national and international venues.

Baumann joined Schneider Electric in early 2012. He is an active member of iMasons and the Green G working group (Next G). Until 2018, he served as Treasurer and President on the board of AFCOM Southern California and was chairman for The Global Society for Asset Management (G-SAM). Baumann recently completed a program at MIT in Smart Manufacturing and holds an electrical engineering degree from the Theodor-Litt-Schule in Giessen, Germany.

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Ellen Yang

VP, Regional Construction, Prime Data Centers

Ellen Yang

Ellen Yang

VP, Regional Construction, Prime Data Centers

Ellen Yang, Vice President of Regional Construction at Prime Data Centers, has 15+ years of global design construction leadership experience in US, Canada, Australia, managing large-scale greenfield development, design construction projects, and portfolios across Data Center, High Tech, Nuclear, Mission-Critical Infrastructure, and Energy Resources.

Ellen is a strong advocate for DEI and for women in Data centers and global construction. She is actively involved in iMWomen, making positive impact and influence, with IM100 award recognition for her contribution to the digital infrastructure industry.

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Doug Mouton

Advisory Board Member, Fidelis New Energy

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Doug Mouton

Advisory Board Member, Fidelis New Energy

My passion is enabling sustainable construction and energy solutions through hyperscale designs that drive industry-wide decarbonization. My role as an Advisory Board Member for Fidelis New Energy leverages my expertise sustainable design enabling multi-gigawatt, zero carbon power projects in Europe and the US. This aligns with my commitment to sustainability and ethical practices on a global scale.

Previously, as a Senior Engineering Lead at Meta, I spearheaded initiatives to enhance capital efficiency in data center design and construction, linking sustainability directly to delivery. Our team's collaborative efforts in the iMasons Climate Accord and the development of AI strategies contributed significantly to reducing carbon in concrete by 40%. Underscoring proficiency in manufacturing process improvement and project planning, and dedication to safe, efficient, and respectful environments.

At Microsoft, I led design, procurement and construction delivery for MS's Global Cloud DC infrastructure. Scaling delivery capacity from 100's of MWs/year to 1GW+ MWs/year. Redesigning the DC design and delivery approach, reducing cost and schedule by 50% while improving safety in the field by 75%

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Chris Ezennaya

Chris Ezennaya

Chief Project Director, AQ Compute

Dan Loosemore

CEO, DatacenterDynamics

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Dan Loosemore

CEO, DatacenterDynamics

Dan Loosemore is currently CEO at Data Center Dynamics (DCD); helping empower individuals who plan, build, design and operate digital infrastructure to make informed decisions faster. DCD attracts over 15 million views to its publishing sites every year, making it the most read data center publication in the world. It's L&D business trains over 3000 engineers every year and the DCD event series attracts over 20,000 annual attendees. Since 2022, DCD has been part of the InfraXMedia portfolio and is a proud sister-business of Yotta.

Dan has spent 15+ years scaling B2B media, event and subscription-based platforms in technology and software driven industries. He is passionate about the future of B2B technology marketing and sales, supporting the industry's leading solutions providers on their GTM strategies.

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Extreme weather is the first thing most people think of when contemplating the effects of climate change. While these events can have a terrible effect on people directly, these impacts can be compounded if they lead to disruptions to digital infrastructure. The communications and information that people need during emergencies rely on operational data centers, and we must ensure data centers are hardened against extreme weather events. For an industry that is as focused on uptime as we are, are we as ready as we should be for extreme weather events? Can our facilities hold up to hurricanes or floods where we don’t expect them?  Can our cooling systems withstand record-breaking heat? While strengthening defenses against extreme weather is one crucial aspect, how are data centers addressing site sprawl, increased resource consumption, and emission regulations? Join us to discuss strategies for designing data centers that are both climate-friendly and resilient to the effects of climate change. Join us to explore:

  • Rethinking Responsibility: Embrace sustainability as encompassing biodiversity and securing a social license to operate, not just electricity.
  • Decarbonization Strategies: Can progress be made through radically rethinking Scope emissions?
  • Extreme Weather Preparedness: Are you ready for an extreme weather event impacting your facility or your supply chain?