DCN Paris 2026 >> Agenda

Agenda

08:00 - 09:00

Registration & Breakfast

9:00 - 9:10

Hall 1

Welcome Address

9:10 - 9:50

Hall 1

A French data center revolution - Can France become Europe’s AI powerhouse?

Hall 2

Fuelling FLAP-D: Securing energy across Europe's digital frontier

9:55 - 10:30

Hall 1

New players, new rules - How market entrants are transforming France’s data center ecosystem

Hall 2

We’ll always have Paris - But where is the next data center hotspot?

Hall 3

Investing in France - Navigating growth, regulation, and regional realities on the road to success

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:35

Hall 1

Powering resilience - Lessons from the 2025 Iberian Blackout for France’s data centers

Hall 2

From racks to rivers - Rethinking the future of data center cooling

Hall 3

Advancing data center design for the evolving demands of AI & ML workloads

11:45 - 12:20

Hall 1

Beyond ARENH - Securing resilient, low-carbon power for data centers

Hall 2

Turning up the heat - Smart reuse strategies for data centers

Hall 3

Data Sovereignty - A catalyst or constraint for Cloud computing?

12:25 - 13:00

Hall 1

Urban regeneration - Unlocking the potential of brownfield sites in a booming data center space

Ciarán Forde
VP of Strategic Accounts & Alliances, EMEA at Eaton

Hall 2

The Hyperscaler question - When will they start building in France?

Hall 3

Powering France’s AI future - Driving sustainable growth through innovation and ecosystem collaboration

13:00 - 14: 00

Lunch

14:00 - 14:35

Hall 1

Scaling up - How Enterprise AI demand is reshaping France's data center strategy

Hall 2

How can Europe's data center workforce succeed with automation?

Hall 3

Strengthening data center defences - Security strategies for an unpredictable world

14:45 - 15:20

Hall 1

Balancing scale and speed - France’s data center strategy for the AI inference era

Hall 2

Breaking the bottlenecks - How Europe can strengthen its data center supply chain

Hall 3

Guarding the online frontiers - Safeguarding data centers from emerging operational threats

15:30 - 16:05

Hall 1

Insuring the future - De-risking data center growth in an uncertain world

Hall 2

Keeping the peace - How France can stay ahead of data center backlash

Hall 3

From insights to actions - Unlocking efficiency through smarter data center management

16:10 - 16:45

Hall 1

Quantum leap - Hosting tomorrow’s computers, today

Hall 2

France by 2030 - Will data center supremacy be achieved?

16:45 - 18:00

Networking Drinks