February 24-26, 2027
Montreal, Canada
How It’s Made – The Building of an AI Data Center
We often talk about "the cloud" as an abstract concept, but it lives in massive, physical structures. This session strips away the jargon to show how modern data centers—the engines of the AI revolution—are actually built. We will track the journey from a vacant lot to a modern high-density compute facility. This talk will go deep into the fundamentals of creating a modern data center including how they are sized from small to hyperscale.
Tadeh Hakopian
VEC
With a background in Architecture and Development Tadeh has supported building large scale projects with diverse teams for over 10 years. By promoting open dialogue, systems thinking, and long term planning he has improved operational efficiencies in all his endeavors. He is a course author, trainer, and open source contributor as well as a speaker at national conferences in technology, architecture, design. He loves to talk about the new possibilities with technology and innovation at everyone’
