Speakers:

• Adam Gibson, director, techvox
• Muhammad Naveed, senior vice president, topology & global tier authority, Uptime Institute
• Alistair Davis, director, Black and White Engineering
• Greg Parker, senior managing director, construction, projects & assets (CP&A), FTI Consulting
• Magide Sebtioui, regional head, sales, DataVolt
• Lee Perrin, data centre director, MEA, CBRE

During a panel discussion at Datacloud Middle East 2026, data centre executives discussed the realities of AI data centres and how the industry can confront density challenges.

The main debate: How do you design infrastructure today for the technology demands of the future?

It’s no secret that the demands of AI are impacting the traditional model of data centre design. As AI workloads push rack densities to levels never seen before, the playbook for 2026 is being written in real time.