DCD Investment Forum | New York 2027

The DCD Investment Forum | New York 2027 takes place on May 17–18, 2027, at the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square. Organized by Data Centre Dynamics under the InfraXmedia platform, the two-day executive gathering convenes institutional investors, private equity funds, lenders, and digital infrastructure operators to evaluate capital allocation, deal structuring, and portfolio risk across North American data center markets. The forum runs alongside two co-located conferences, DCD>Connect New York 2027 and The Xcelerated Compute Show NYC 2027, which together draw more than 5,000 digital infrastructure professionals.

Programming Focus

• Capital deployment strategies and underwriting models for gigawatt-scale AI campuses
• Non-traditional tenant underwriting and credit risk evaluation for neocloud operators
• Debt syndication, private credit facilities, and project finance structures for powered land
• Behind-the-meter generation investments, microgrids, and joint venture utility structures
• Consolidation, platform recapitalizations, and M&A valuation multiples across secondary markets
• Asset life-cycle assessment and mitigation strategies against accelerator and power hardware obsolescence

Featured Speakers

The forum speaker faculty comprises senior capital allocators, operator executives, and transaction advisors:

Data Center Operators and Platforms:

• Greg Wright, Chief Investment Officer, Digital Realty
• Sharif Metwalli, Chief Financial Officer, Vantage Data Centers
• Anubhav Raj, Chief Investment Officer, Aligned Data Centers
• Madonna Park, Chief Financial Officer, Switch
• Raul Martynek, Chief Executive Officer, DataBank
• Matt VanderZanden, Chief Executive Officer, STACK Infrastructure
• Scott Willis, President and Chief Executive Officer, DartPoints
• Krupal Raval, Chief Strategy Officer, CyrusOne
• Pierre Maitre, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy, EdgeConneX
• Robert Gutman, Senior Vice President of Capital Markets and Investor Relations, Compass Datacenters
• Matt Monaco, Senior Vice President of Asset Management and Development, PowerHouse Data Centers
• Jason Zhang, Co-Founder and President, Applied Digital

Investors and Capital Allocators:

• Jon Mauck, Senior Managing Director, DigitalBridge
• Waldemar Szlezak, Partner and Global Head of Digital Infrastructure, KKR
• Josh Pang, Head of Digital Infrastructure, Apollo Global Management
• Andrew Thomas, Senior Managing Director, Stonepeak
• Diana Liu, Principal, Blue Owl Capital
• Syed Usman Ahmed, Managing Director, Apterra Infrastructure Capital

Financial and Advisory Institutions:

• Cecile Baker, Managing Director, TD Securities
• Caroline St. Clair, Data Center Practice Leader for North America, Aon
• Micah Bible, Private Equity Infrastructure Leader, Deloitte
• Ron Gusek, Chief Executive Officer, Liberty Energy

Sponsors

Industry partners participating across the DCD Investment series include:

Advisory and Financial Partners: TD Securities, Deloitte, Aon
Institutional Capital Partners: DigitalBridge, Stonepeak, KKR, Apollo Global Management, Blue Owl Capital

Who Should Attend

• Institutional investors, infrastructure fund partners, and sovereign wealth managers
• Chief financial officers, chief investment officers, and heads of M&A at data center operators
• Project finance lenders, debt syndication leads, and private credit providers
• Real estate and digital infrastructure transaction attorneys and financial advisors
• Hyperscaler capital planning and commercial lease underwriting teams

Logistics

The forum convenes at the New York Marriott Marquis, located at 1535 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan. Access is structured around an executive delegate format with registration qualifications tailored for capital allocators, institutional lenders, and senior operators. The event is co-located with DCD>Connect New York 2027 and The Xcelerated Compute Show NYC 2027.

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