CONFERENCE DAY TWO - DECEMBER 5, 2024
7:00 am Coffee & Networking
7:45 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
ENSURING SAFETY OF ALL PARTIES DURING COMISSIONING
7:50 am Evaluating Best Practices During Commissioning to Minimize Electrical Incidents
Synopsis
- Understanding the hazards of first time energization
- Evaluating the link between commissioning schedules and human error
- Building safety into pre-construction scheduling and contracts
8:30 am Managing Relationships Between Project Partners to Align During Simultaneous Construction, Commissioning & Operations
Synopsis
- Setting clear expectations and re-aligning standards on a frequent basis during the project
- Using more effective channels/methods of communication between stakeholders: What is “collective intensity”?
- Driving continuous focus on safety through the extended timeline of a data center construction project and commissioning
9:40 am Morning Break & Networking
10:20 am Learning How Engineers & Technicians Manage Safety Entering an Active Construction Site
Synopsis
- Introducing the technical perspective on the niche aspects of data center commissioning
- Successfully implementing new environments and working hand in hand with active construction teams
- Effectively conveying high-voltage risk to contractors as commissioning begins to ensure all site employees are aligned
- Balancing management of project budget and timeline with ensuring safe practices of engineers and technicians
MANAGING UPGRADED INFRASTRUCTURE
11:00 am Audience Discussion: Navigating Increasingly Complex AI Infrastructure & Associated Safety Considerations
Synopsis
- Exploring changes to infrastructure stemming from increasing power requirements, and how that is impacting overall heat, noise, and exposure risks
- Keeping your EHS team up to date with these rapidly evolving requirements so that they can manage and mitigate unfamiliar ground
- Confronting the dichotomy: How can you keep pace with the evolving landscape and demands while using fewer hands-on workers?
RETHINKING DAY TO DAY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IN AN OPERATIONAL DATA CENTER
11:40 am Safety Together: How Can We Better Integrate Vendors Effectively into Our Safety Programs?
Synopsis
- Discussing the credentials to look for and questions to ask during procurement to ensure that vendors can comply with your corporate program
- Educating new vendors on your standards and expectations ahead of entering the data center
- Standardizing the documentation that needs to be provided before all vendors to ensure thorough risk mitigation and minimal issues during work completion
- Discussing the lessons learned from developing our standards of practice: What are the evolving challenges that the newest vendors are presenting, and how are we ensuring continuous review of our program to incorporate unexpected challenges?
12:20 pm Lunch Break
1:20 pm Equipping Local Emergency Response Teams with Data Center Specific Information, Processes & Safety Training
Synopsis
- Providing comprehensive information and training to handle emergencies in data center facilities
- Leveraging a collaborative relationship with local emergency response employees including regular site visits
- Clarifying critical details of site design, layout, fuel storage, and other information to facilitate an effective response
2:00 pm Creating a New Blueprint for Safety, Innovation & Mental Health on Data Center Construction Sites
Synopsis
- Navigating the competing pressures of ensuring safety while also achieving aggressive timelines
- Exploring how to balance greater safety and better employee mental health with high level of quality and speed of production
- Introducing a blueprint for how the data center industry can address and overcome these challenges
2:40 pm Panel: Exploring the Future of EHS Programs in Mission Critical Environments
Synopsis
- Providing an accessible way to report any potential risks being flagged by employees or a safety incident
- Assessing the root cause of safety incidents to understand and proactively address these problems
- Evaluating the evolution in the types of incidents and incident rates in recent months and what this means for the future of EHS in the data center market