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Digital Infrastructure 2025 Leadership Summit


 

Digital Infra Leaders Summit 2026

Date: Monday 1 June (pre-event day) 

Time: 2-5PM 

Location: Salon Croisette, Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, 1 Bd de la Croisette, 06400 Cannes, France 


Theme: Digital Infrastructure in an Age of Uncertainty -  what can we see, what can we shape, and where will value accrue? 

Purpose: To help senior executives and capital allocators across data centres, fibre, capital and energy: 

  • identify the uncertainties with the biggest positive and negative swing on value creation 

  • distinguish between uncertainties the industry must absorb versus those it can actively shape 

  • clarify which stakeholder groups have the most influence over each uncertainty 

  • define the scenarios, signposts and actions that matter most over the next 3-5 years 

Format: 2-2.5h facilitated group discussion, using sentiment analysis to help structure debate. A light lunch will be served during the session

Facilitators: Sam Evans, Senior Managing Director & Oliver Twinam, Senior Director, Teneo

 

By invitation only. Maximum capacity has been reached 

 

Final participant list: 

  • Adrian Olteanu, Head, Ada Infrastructure  

  • Mamoun Jamai, Head of Digital Infrastructure, ADIA 

  • Phill Lawson Shanks, CIO, Aligned 

  • Marin Le Corre, CEO, Alma Capital  

  • Wes Cummins, CEO, Applied Digital  

  • Bill Davis, Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Ares 

  • Tesh Durvasula, CEO, AtlasEdge 

  • Shiv Dadhich, Senior Global Category Manager, AWS 

  • Sergio Rosengaus, Founder & Chairman, Bleeding Edge 

  • Xavier Matagne, Chief Real Estate Officer, Colt Data Centre Services 

  • Joe Scattareggia, EVP, Infrastructure & Connectivity, Colt Technology Services 

  • Owen Morris, CFO, CyrusOne 

  • Susanna Kass, Senior Advisor to the Board, Operating Partner, Digital Gravity Infrastructure Partners 

  • Colin McLean, CRO, Digital Realty  

  • Jeff Tapley, COO, Digital Realty 

  • Jon Mauck, Senior Managing Director, DigitalBridge

  • Niall Molloy, CEO, Echelon Data Centres 

  • Philipp Marangella, CMO, EdgeConnex 

  • Alessandro Lombardi, President & Founder, Elea

  • Leanne Starace, SVP, Equinix 

  • Michael Winterson, Secretary General, EUDCA 

  • Louis Charlton, Group CEO, GCV Group

  • Otto Kreiter, Director, Global Infrastructure, Google 

  • Eyal Chenkin, CEO, Green Mountain  

  • Trent Farrell, VP Infrastructure Strategy, Groq 

  • Robin Brown, Managing Director, TMT, HSBC

  • Andrew Crouch, Managing Director, Head of Digital, I Squared 

  • Spencer Lamb, MD and CCO, Kao Data Centres 

  • Greg Jasmin, CCO, Khazna 

  • Joe Kaltsas, EVP, Kimley Horn  

  • Amar Khan, Head of Network Site Investments, Meta 

  • Josiah Sullivan, CRO, Metroblocks 

  • Noelle Walsh, President, Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I), Microsoft 

  • Amber Caramella, CRO, Netrality 

  • David Dzienciol. Chief Customer and Commercial Officer, NEXTDC 

  • Dame Dawn Childs, CEO, nLighten 

  • Doug Adams, CEO & President, NTT 

  • Carlo Ruiz, Vice President - Enterprise Solutions & Operations EMEA, NVIDIA 

  • Ben Schultz, Data Center Delivery & Operations, OpenAI 

  • Matt Souders, VP Data Centers, Oracle 

  • Nicolas Roy, EVP Data Centre Strategy, Orange 

  • Asher Ling, CTO, Princeton Digital Group 

  • Todd Zabelle, CEO, SPS 

  • Richard Bienfait, CFO, STACK EMEA 

  • Nicolo Zanotto, Managing Director, Head of Digital Infrastructure, Europe, Stonepeak 

  • Eduardo Sodero, CEO, Takoda Data Centres 

  • Carl Roberts, Senior Advisor, Teneo 

  • David Howson, President, EMEA, Vantage Data Centers 

  • Adam Eaton, CEO, Virtus Data Centres 

  • Colman Deegan, CEO, Zayo Europe 

  • Joe Kava, Former Google VP of Data Centres 

 

 

Host Partners: Teneo & SPS 

Associate Partners: Global Commissioning & Kimley Horn 

Key themes shaping the sector’s future:

  • Strong optimism across regions with positive investor sentiment fueling growth.
  • Data centers remain the leading investment choice, with AI and cloud services as next major growth drivers.
  • Telecom AI adoption is emerging, while hyperscaler demand and energy availability shape the data center outlook.
  • The global appeal of terrestrial fibre and subsea fibre investment is on the rise.
  • Power supply and sustainability are growing concerns, alongside regulatory and supply chain challenges.

Thank you to our sponsors

Lead Partner

Global

Lead Partner

Teneo

Associate Partner

global cxm

Associate Partner

Kimley Horn

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