Agenda - Day One | Australian Data Centres Power & Water Summit

8:30am - 9:00am

ARRIVAL | Registration & morning coffee

9:00am - 9:10am

OPENING | Welcome to the 2nd Annual Data Centres Power & Water Summit and opening remarks from Chair

9:10am - 9:30am

FEDERAL KEYNOTE ADDRESS | Federal keynote address

9:30am - 10:00am

STATE GOVERNMENT ROUNDTABLE | Update on state-based data centre plans and initiatives

10:00am - 10:20am

Global outlook for data centres

10:20am - 10:40am

Data Centre Demand Outlook: Upside opportunities and downside risks

10:40am - 11:10am

Networking and refreshment break

11:10am - 11:30am

Industry and Data Centres: Achieving Collaboration, not Competition

11:30am - 11:50am

EVENT PARTNER | Origin Energy & data centres: Seizing the opportunity

11:50am - 12:10pm

EVENT PARTNER | Data centre power solutions

12:10pm - 12:30pm

AirTrunk’s path to sustainability: The future of data centres

12:30pm - 1:00pm

PANEL DISCUSSION | The case for integrated utility precincts

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Lunch and networking break

2:00pm - 2:20pm

Global learnings for how BESS can support data centre acceleration in Australia

2:20pm - 2:35pm

Cost-effective Hybrid Battery/Supercapacitor Energy Storage Systems Practices to Enhance the Investment Return Performance

2:35pm - 2:55pm

How Sydney Water is responding to data centre build-out and water requirements in Western Sydney

2:55pm - 3:15pm

Data centres and water use, including guidance for DCs looking to establish/operate in Australia

3:15pm - 3:30pm

NABERS Ratings and water consumption in Data Centres

3:30pm - 4:00pm

Networking and refreshment break

4:00pm - 4:15pm

The data centre of the future: Developing new solutions to support evolving demands

4:15pm - 4:35pm

Updated forecast on Australia’s data centre market

4:35pm - 5:05pm

PANEL DISCUSSION | Strategies for Sustainable Data Centres

5:05pm - 5:10pm

Closing remarks from Chair & Networking Function

Day OneSunday, 10 May 2026