Datacenter Leaders Panel: What does a liquid datacenter market look like in 2026?

07 Oct 2026
Leadership Stage
M&A , Datacenter
  • Where are minority stake sales and structured exits gaining traction?
  • How are continuation vehicles and YieldCo structures being used? And what are the pros and cons?
  • Quinbrook’s Rowan annex fund raise highlights one route to funding development, what other strategies are investors using to balance capital recycling with long-term platform strategy?
  • As active bookrunners are appointed on Switch’s US$10bn IPO, what’s the broader outlook? Do public markets have the appetite, and have leverage hurdles changed?
Moderator
Melissa Kalka
Melissa Kalka, Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions, Kirkland & Ellis
Speakers
Kevin Mammel
Kevin Mammel, CFO, Rowan Digital Infrastructure
Joe Valenti
Joe Valenti, MD, Co-Head, Global Media & Telecom Investment Banking, Bank of America
Taylor Dixon
Taylor Dixon, Senior Vice President, Datasite
Zach Gellman
Zach Gellman, Managing Director, DigitalBridge