DCAC Live: The ‘Anti-Conference’ For The Data Center Community

Taking place September 12-13 in Austin, Texas, the Third Annual Data Center Austin Conference (DCAC), will converge thought leaders and influencers throughout the data center community for a content-rich and provocative event focused on the major trends and technology advances that are impacting the industry. Rebelling against run-of-the-mill industry events, DCAC is the must-attend ‘anti-conference’ that is shaking up the data center ecosystem with exciting and inspiring content and networking opportunities designed to both entertain and educate industry professionals.

Presiding as the keynote speaker of this year’s event, Luke Nosek, Co-Founder of PayPal and Founders Fund, will discuss his extensive experience within the technology community, providing invaluable insight regarding the current state of the industry and predictions for the future of technology and data center practices.

In addition, this year’s ‘Industry State of the Union’ will be presented by Bo Bond, Managing Director and Co-Leader of JLL’s Global Data Center Solutions practice team.

During this address, he will provide attendees with an overview of the industry from the perspective of a data center and technology real estate market leader. He will also highlight the trends impacting how organizations are planning and optimizing their mission-critical footprints.

The DCAC agenda will feature a host of panels and presentations from influential thought leaders throughout the industry.

They will discuss a wide range of topics such as:

• Sustainability
• Enterprise and the cloud
• Data center operations
• Expanding female professionals’ career development path within the technology community

Various networking opportunities will also be available to event participants, including the First Annual DCAC Golf Tournament, presented by Vertiv and PowerSecure; a tour of OnRamp’s Austin II data center; a happy hour event sponsored by Skybox Datacenters and Fibernet Direct; the official DCAC kick-off event sponsored by Aligned Energy; a live concert featuring the SPAZMATICS, the Ultimate New Wave 80s Show; and an official post-conference event sponsored by Stream Data Centers.