Deliver the Next Generation of the Midwest’s High-Performing, AI-Ready Facilities at Unprecedented Speed While Balancing Rural Scale, Urban Agility, Power Diversity & Cold-Climate Resilience
The Midwest has become one of the most active data center construction regions in the United States, driven by hyperscale expansion, colocation growth, and AI workloads. Unlike prior growth cycles, AI-driven capacity is compressing delivery timelines while increasing pressure on power availability, thermal performance, and commissioning certainty. Project teams must now deliver more capacity at speed while navigating power constraints, unionized labor markets, winter conditions, and a volatile supply chain.
Advancing Data Center Construction Midwest 2026 is the region’s definitive forum bringing together hyperscalers, colocators, developers, general contractors, designers and trade partners to solve the real challenges shaping project delivery. Over three days of practical case studies, peer-led discussions and targeted networking, benchmark how leading teams are accelerating schedules, securing labor, derisking procurement and building resilient partnerships across Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Indiana, Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa and beyond.
If you are responsible for planning, delivering or scaling data center construction in the Midwest, this is your opportunity to gain regional intelligence, strengthen your delivery network and walk away with strategies you can apply to build the cutting-edge infrastructure of tomorrow’s digital economy.
Great to have hyperscalers, colocators and developers fielding questions and providing insight into what they look for in awarding [partners] and their preferred delivery method.
Vice President of Project Delivery, BE Construction Group
What stood out to me was the willingness for everyone to be open and transparent as we all journey into the direct to chip cooling and share that no one really knows where we are heading but we all are working really hard for the right solutions.
Project Executive, Dynaten Corp
There were a lot of attendees, yet it was an intimate event unlike some of the large tradeshows. You were able to connect with a lot of the people you wanted to talk to and have one on one conversations. The breaks, lunch, and networking reception were very good opportunities for people to connect.
Director of Sales, Kodiak Workforce Solutions
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- 200+ Senior Decision‑Makers From Hyperscalers, Colocators, Developers, Gcs, Designers & Trade Contractors
- 2 Parallel Content Tracks Focused on Strategic Project Set‑Up & Project Delivery
- Pre‑Conference Focus Day Dedicated to Guarantee Power Readiness amid Midwest grid constraints and utility delays
- Midwest‑Specific Case Studies Covering Rural Campuses, Urban Retrofits & Multi‑State Programs
- Structured Networking Designed to Connect Owners With Regional & National Delivery Partners
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