Datacenter Leaders Panel: The gigawatt era capital reset

06 Oct 2026
Leadership Stage
M&A , Debt , Datacenter
  • How is the shift to power-led development and gigawatt project financings, such as Switch’s US$8bn raise for an Atlanta campus, changing the deal landscape?
  • How do power, capital and demand interact, and which will shape investment decisions the most in 2027?
  • What does the full capital stack look like, from development through to long-term financing?
  • Which pools of capital are becoming most active?
Moderator
Luke Laumann
Luke Laumann, Partner, Weil
Speakers
Santhosh Rao
Santhosh Rao, MD & Head of Digital Infrastructure, MUFG
John Glotzbecker
John Glotzbecker, VP, Capital Markets, DataBank
Dado Slezak
Dado Slezak, EVP, Energy & Digital Infrastructure Investments, QTS Data Centers
Fran Federman
Fran Federman, President, Beacon Data Centers
Michael Hart
Michael Hart, Director, Corporate Finance, Meta