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The Data Center Summit @

Hosted by Zacua Ventures

When
5:30 PM
Where
FiDi
Format
Happy Hour, Networking and Panel / Fireside Chat
The Data Center Summit @ artwork

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Every AI Model Starts as a Construction Project.

AI is driving one of the largest infrastructure buildouts of our time, with data centers at the center of it.

Join Zacua Ventures, Fieldwire by Hilti, and Western Alliance Bank, Member FDIC during SF Tech Week for an evening bringing together the people building, operating, financing, and investing in the next generation of data center infrastructure.

Agenda 5:30 PM | Doors open + networking

6:00 PM | Welcome + introductions

6:05 PM | Zacua presentation

6:15 PM | Panel 1 - Building at AI Speed Moderator: Vivin Hegde, Zacua Ventures Kushal Dagli - Global Data Center Deployment Optimization Lead, Microsoft Zaid Kahn - Co-Founder & CEO, Neuron Factory Kevin Chen - Bay Area Co-Business Unit Leader, DPR Construction

6:50 PM | Panel 2 - Designing the AI Factory Moderator: Varad Mohod, Zacua Ventures Ilya Tabakh - Vice President of Innovation, TensorWave Yan Yan - Investor, TDK Ventures Emil Ares - Founder & CEO, Marengo

7:20 PM | Closing + networking

Hosted by Zacua Ventures, Fieldwire by Hilti, and Western Alliance Bank, Member FDIC

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