AFCOM Webinars

The data center industry is experiencing unprecedented growth driven by AI demand, pushing the boundaries of automation toward the ultimate goal: the dark data center.

This webinar explores the intersection of automation and security in modern data centers, examining how self-service automated check-in technologies and AI-powered security solutions are revolutionizing access control.

We'll investigate the increasing pressure to enhance security levels while improving operational efficiency and reducing physical security costs.

The demand for more efficient cooling solutions has given rise to a variety of liquid cooling technologies.

This session with Bill Hassel, Sustainability Program Manager - Global Critical Facilities at Turner Construction Company, and Hashem Izadi Moud, Sr. Data Center Sustainability Project Manager at Stok, will provide an overview of immersion cooling, cold plates, and other liquid cooling methods, exploring their benefits and challenges compared to traditional air cooling. They'll discuss practical implementation tips and share real-world results from adopting liquid cooling systems.

As data demands grow, edge computing is becoming essential to minimize latency and enhance localized data processing. This webinar led by Sean Farney, Vice President of Data Center Strategy for the Americas at JLL, broke down the basics of edge computing, its integration with existing data center infrastructure, and the most promising applications across industries.

This webinar is designed to help data center operators understand how to protect critical infrastructure from evolving cyber threats. Our speakers will cover essential cybersecurity concepts and the unique risks data centers face, such as ransomware, remote access vulnerabilities, and broader operational exposures. Emphasizing pragmatic, cost-effective strategies that deliver strong security outcomes by addressing externally facing threats, third-party and supply chain risks, and leveraging open-source technologies to enhance visibility and response without inflating budgets.

The data center industry is on the brink of radical transformation. From newfound demands in power caused by AI-driven technologies, to emerging security threats that threaten to put your entire company at risk, it seems that industry news nowadays occurs at hyperspeed. Fortunately, our annual and acclaimed Data Center World conference, named by CIO Dive as one of the top tech conferences, is designed to bring data center business leaders and operators up to speed on the latest and biggest developments in the industry.

Whether you’re on the fence about attending Data Center World 2025, or you plan on making the most out of your conference experience, this webinar is designed to provide a critical and comprehensive overview of everything DCW has to offer.

Join Bill Kleyman, AFCOM Data Center World Program Chair and CEO of Apolo.us, for his highly anticipated State of the Data Center presentation.

Drawing from the AFCOM State of the Data Center 2025 Report, Bill will explore recent advancements in data center technology, covering key topics such as data center growth, power and cooling challenges, cloud trends, infrastructure threats, and budget trends.

AI is now making its way to the marketplace in many industries, disrupting a data center sector that has been stressed in meeting the needs of traditional IT deployments. While many organizations are talking about preparing their data centers for AI or perhaps even entering the design stage, AI data center deployments are still uncommon, and the true demands are largely unknown. Chris McLean has hands-on, boot-on-the-ground experience managing the design and construction of multiple facilities meant explicitly for AI use cases and will share his knowledge from such case studies in this special webinar presentation.

In this recording, learn about the latest trends and topics discussed at two of the biggest annual data center conferences: Data Center World and Pacific Telecommunications Council. AFCOM Southern California's leadership team provides a deep dive on the hottest trends that have impacted the data center industry this year, which themselves became popular topics of discussion throughout DCW and PTC 2023.