The US data center market is entering a new phase of expansion, driven by AI workloads, high-performance computing, hyperscale cloud growth, and edge deployments. Nevada, and Las Vegas in particular, is gaining momentum as an alternative growth market, offering development opportunities while also presenting challenges around power availability, water usage, and long-term sustainability. Developers are under increasing pressure to deliver large-scale, energy-efficient, and resilient facilities at speed, while navigating permitting processes, utility constraints, and evolving state-level frameworks.

This year’s forum will address the key construction and engineering priorities shaping delivery across the US and Nevada. These include modular and prefabricated construction strategies to accelerate timelines, power infrastructure planning and grid integration, cooling innovations suited to arid climates, heavy-lift and logistics planning for large-scale campuses, and end-to-end constructability for hyperscale and AI-ready facilities.

In addition, the agenda will explore critical topics such as onsite and offsite energy strategies, navigating utility interconnection and permitting in Nevada, advanced fire protection and safety systems, effective site selection and land development approaches, and workforce readiness in a highly competitive construction environment.

As demand accelerates and infrastructure constraints intensify, this forum provides a timely platform for senior industry leaders to exchange practical solutions, benchmark delivery strategies, and shape the future of data center development across the US, with a clear lens on Nevada’s next wave of growth.