Rob Morris brings 16 years of experience in critical facility design, development and operations as co-founder and CEO of Skybox Datacenters. He is a leading expert within the industry completing over 1.2 GW and 3M SF of mission critical projects globally. Rob serves as Assistant Chair on the ULI Data Center Council. Mr. Morris is a graduate of the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University BBA, Finance. Rob serves on the Executive Board of Camp John Marc in Dallas, TX. Camp John Marc aims to "inspire confidence for life" for kids with various chronic medical and physical challenges.
Speaking at
Wed Oct 30
9:00 AM — 10:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time
Resorts World Las Vegas - Level 2, Blossom ABC
Data Center Trends: Building Designs, Demand Drivers, and Challenges
Category
Infrastructure
This session will cover trends in the data center industry, including building design, demand drivers, and challenges. Building design will focus on what makes a data center unique compared to an industrial building. Demand drivers will cover hyperscaler demand for both cloud and artificial intelligence/machine learning needs and investor capital inflow. Challenges will focus on power constraints, capital limitations in the debt market, and monetization plans for built campuses.