Agenda
Day 2 | The AI Economy
10:00-15:00
Day 2 of TDME 26 dives straight into the AI revolution reshaping the region. Get the inside track on the AI infrastructure boom, next-gen data centre builds, hyperscaler expansion, the race for tech talent, and where global capital is landing next.
NOV
19
THU
Keynote
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AI is redrawing the blueprint for what a data centre needs to be. This opening keynote sets the scene for the day, examining the scale of infrastructure the Gulf needs to build to support the AI supercycle, from power and cooling to compute density, and what happens to the region's ambitions if that build-out cannot keep up.
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AI workloads are pushing data centre design well beyond traditional norms. This panel unpacks what actually separates an AI factory from a conventional facility, from rack density and liquid cooling to power delivery, and what that means for developers and operators retooling for the AI era.
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Global hyperscalers are racing to secure land and power across the Gulf before their competitors do. This session looks at what's driving that land grab, how governments and developers are responding to the demand, and what it means for the region's long-term data centre pipeline.
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The GCC's data centre boom is running into a hard limit: people. This panel examines the scale of the region's talent shortage, what governments, universities and industry are doing to close the skills gap, and whether the workforce can grow fast enough to keep up with the pipeline of projects underway.
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Private equity, sovereign wealth and global investors are all competing for a stake in the Middle East's digital infrastructure boom. This panel tracks where that capital is actually landing, how deal structures are evolving, and what investors are looking for as competition for the best assets intensifies.