Alex McCarthy

Data Centre Evangelist, Honeywell APAC

AI Moves at Light Speed, Infrastructure Doesn’t – Unless its Modular.

As AI innovation accelerates at unprecedented speed, traditional data centre infrastructure struggles to keep pace. This session explores how modularity is redefining deployment timelines, scalability, and cost efficiency.

We’ll examine a next-generation approach designed to meet the explosive demand for AI workloads. Combining best-in-class fire and life safety systems and Tridium Niagara Building Management System (BMS) with cutting-edge compute and high-performance switched network infrastructure, this solution delivers hyperscale capability in a compact, highly-secure, rapidly deployable footprint delivering operational resilience, visibility, and control

Attendees will gain insight into how this approach reduces cost per MW compared to traditional stick-built facilities—while dramatically speeding time-to-value in the race to power AI.

DCNZ26

Participate in 40-minute peer discussions tackling today’s most critical issues.
INNOVATION SPOTLIGHT

Red Badge Group

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Red Badge Group is a 100% New Zealand owned and operated security company helping organisations rethink how critical infrastructure is protected. With nearly 30 years of experience and a workforce of more than 2,000 security professionals nationwide, Red Badge delivers integrated solutions spanning guarding, monitoring, mobile response, and event security. Operating across some of New Zealand’s most complex and high-profile environments, the company combines human expertise with innovation to improve situational awareness, accelerate response times, and provide greater operational visibility. As infrastructure evolves, Red Badge is focused on challenging traditional security models and exploring how technology can play a greater role in protecting people, assets, and essential services. At this year’s Data Centre Leaders Summit, Red Badge will share its vision for the next generation of security and the role emerging technologies may play in shaping the future of critical infrastructure protection.

Vector Fibre

Vector Fibre your partner for mission-critical digital infrastructure. We deliver scalable, high-capacity connectivity across Auckland – so organisations can connect, grow, and adapt as fast as the market moves.

The pace of the digital economy demands readiness.

At Vector Fibre, We Mean Business.

Atlan Stormwater

A family-owned business since 1972, we are Australia and New Zealand’s leading Stormwater specialist. We collaborate with councils, engineers, and contractors to develop risk-free, sustainable water solutions for the future.

Our products and services cater to your stormwater projects, and our experienced team provide full project lifecycle support across sales, delivery, installation, and maintenance. The generational assets we provide ensure water quality and quantity outcomes across a full range of applications and on-site catchment scenarios.

From gross pollutants to hydrocarbon management and stormwater detention – Atlan provides full-service stormwater solutions, and our design & maintenance teams are available to ensure your project compliance.

Bridging the gap between economics and environment, our team works with project stakeholders to keep waterways clean, maximise developable space, and create sustainable outcomes for future generations.

Atlan Stormwater manages project outcomes in our urban catchments to remove pollution at the source. We believe clean waterways are a right, not a privilege. We honour our legacy by working every day to protect Joy in Water experiences for you with your family and friends.

Polyflor

Established in the UK over a century ago, Polyflor is a leading manufacturer of commercial vinyl flooring, renowned for delivering high quality, long-lasting flooring solutions. Supporting the growing demands of the data centre industry, Polyflor’s specialist ESD flooring solutions are engineered to provide reliable static control by safely dissipating electrostatic discharge to ground, helping protect sensitive electronic equipment and critical operations. Tested to international ESD standards, our Static Dissipative (SD) and Electrostatic Conductive (EC) ranges deliver the durability, reliability and low lifecycle maintenance required for modern data centres.

ASSA ABLOY New Zealand

ASSA ABLOY is the global leader in access solutions, supporting critical infrastructure worldwide with secure, scalable and intelligent technologies. With operations spanning more than 70 countries and strong local expertise in New Zealand, ASSA ABLOY helps organisations design and operate secure environments where availability, resilience and compliance are paramount .

For data centres and other mission‑critical facilities, ASSA ABLOY delivers integrated physical and digital security solutions that align with modern IT and facilities architectures. Our portfolio includes high‑security mechanical and electromechanical locking, intelligent access control, identity management and connected devices designed to integrate with building management systems, DCIM platforms and wider security ecosystems .

ASSA ABLOY’s smart solutions enable precise access governance, real‑time visibility and auditability across sites—supporting uptime, regulatory compliance and risk management. From perimeter and mantrap security through to cabinet‑ and rack‑level access, our technologies help reduce operational friction while strengthening protection of people, assets and data .

Backed by global R&D and cybersecurity‑aware product development, ASSA ABLOY New Zealand works closely with CIOs, infrastructure leaders, consultants and integrators to deliver future‑ready access strategies that scale with growth and adapt to evolving operational and threat landscapes.

Autodesk

Autodesk is changing how the world is designed and made. Our technology spans architecture, engineering, construction, product design, manufacturing, and media and entertainment. We empower innovators everywhere to solve challenges, big and small. From greener buildings to smarter products and more mesmerizing blockbusters, Autodesk software helps our customers design and make a better world for all. Over 100 million people use Autodesk software, like AutoCAD, Revit, Maya, 3ds Max, Fusion 360, SketchBook, and more, to unlock their creativity and solve important design, business, and environmental challenges. Our software runs on both personal computers and mobile devices. It taps the infinite computing power of the cloud to help teams around the world collaborate, design, simulate, and fabricate their ideas in 3D. We provide exceptional compensation and benefit packages, and we’d love for you to join us. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we consider all qualiﬁed applicants without regard to race, gender, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.

DHL

DHL Group is the world’s leading logistics company, connecting businesses and markets across more than 220 countries and territories. Through DHL Express, DHL Global Forwarding and DHL Supply Chain, the Group delivers end-to-end logistics solutions spanning international express delivery, freight forwarding, and integrated supply chain services, helping businesses grow, move faster and connect globally.

DLA Piper

DLA Piper is a global law firm advising clients on the legal, regulatory and market settings shaping the next phase of data centre investment. In New Zealand, our team works across project financing, environmental and resource management, property acquisition, leasing arrangements, service agreements, construction, data risk and digital infrastructure governance.

Cupix

Cupix is a Spatial Digital Twin software company on a mission to enable the construction industry to maximise project outcomes by mirroring construction sites into virtual spaces in minutes.

Combining AI and BIM technologies, Cupix’s flagship product, CupixWorks, is a SaaS platform which transforms 360 photos taken by off-the-shelf 360 cameras into a virtual 3D space and provides a cloud based unified platform for industry data formats.

Many of Australia’s largest construction companies rely on CupixWorks to enhance collaboration, speed up decision-making, reduce risk, and improve overall project outcomes.

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Vertiv

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power protection, precision cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extends from the cloud to the edge of the network. Vertiv brings together hardware, software, analytics, and ongoing services to ensure its customers’ vital applications run continuously, perform optimally, and grow with their business needs. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs approximately 24,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. In Australia and New Zealand, Vertiv has offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth and Auckland. For more information, visit Vertiv.com, or call 02 9805 5800.

www.vertiv.com

Octave

Unleashing intelligence at scale.

Octave is a leader in enterprise software, turning data into decisive action and intelligence into your edge. Our software solves for and simplifies complexity, from the design and build to operations and protection of people, property, and assets — for any scope, at any scale. For decades, we’ve partnered with customers to sharpen performance, elevate efficiency, and amplify results. From factory floors to entire cities, our solutions are tuned to scale up what’s possible from day one onward.

www.octave.com

Honeywell

With our experience in top-tier data centers, Honeywell helps operators meet challenges in accelerating the build of a standardised global fleet. Our proven solutions help optimise facility uptime, improve efficiency, reduce carbon footprint and help protect workers, data and assets.

Chorus

Chorus’s fibre network is New Zealand’s digital backbone. We run NZ’s largest open access, carrier neutral fibre network – featuring network diversity with resilient onramps to international cable systems. Our data centre partners and enterprise customers get consistent performance, national reach and trusted neutrality. Engineered for low latency and rapid scale, we power cloud, edge, AI, and latency sensitive workloads. We’re not just connecting New Zealand today. We’re the digital backbone of a nation, unlocking possibilities for generations to come.