Originally posted on Data Center POST.
he 20th Datacloud Global Congress in Cannes, held June 3 to 5, 2025, brought together more than 4,500 digital infrastructure leaders to explore the future of data centers, cloud, AI, and sustainability. Over three impactful days at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, attendees participated in high-level discussions centered around AI-driven workloads, sustainable power solutions, and the need for scalable infrastructure.
The event’s agenda was packed with keynotes and panels from the boldest minds in the industry. Below are just a few highlighted speakers:
- Val Walsh, VP, Microsoft
- Otto Kreiter, Director Global Infrastructure, Google
- Chris Sharp, CTO, Digital Realty
- Dame Dawn Childs, CEO, Pure Data Centres Group
- Industry leaders from other major companies such as Coreweave, Groq, Huawei, Meta, NVIDIA, NTT, Oracle, and Vertiv contributed insights into innovation, capital investment, and talent development.
The scale and pace of change driven primarily by artificial intelligence (AI) emerging was the defining theme of the event. AI is now the dominant force behind data center demand, with projections that it will account for up to 75% of global capacity by 2030, a shift that is already reshaping investment, infrastructure buildout, and energy strategy across the sector. The industry’s reality is now measured in 100-megawatt increments, as hyperscale and AI workloads drive unprecedented expansion and rack densities, putting power consumption and sustainability at the top of every agenda.
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