PTC’DC | Chasing Gigawatts in Global AI and Energy
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Opening Remarks
Bill Barney, Chairman, Asian Century Equity & Chair, PTC Board of Governors, presents: A global market overview exploring AI’s transformative rise, its impact on digital infrastructure, and key challenges/opportunities ahead.
Videos
PTC‘DC 2025 | Opening Remarks
PTC’DC 2025 | The World in 2030: A Glimpse Into What's Possible
PTC’DC 2025 | Chasing Gigawatts in Global AI and Energy
PTC’DC 2025 | Private Equity: The Petrol for Data Centers—What's the Next Play?
PTC’DC 2025 | Global Blueprints: The New Era of Digital Growth
PTC’DC 2025 | Trading Blows: Surviving the Shifts in Global Trade
PTC’DC 2025 | The Satellite Enigma vs. The Cable: Connectivity in the Pacific
PTC’DC 2025 | Fireside Chat with Marc Ganzi
PTC’DC 2025 | Fireside Chat with Joseph Alm & Steve Lang
PTC’DC 2025 | The Partnership Evolution – Unlocking Global Growth Together
Photos
View the 2025 Speaker Lineup
Marc Ganzi
CEO
DigitalBridge
Andy Power
President & CEO
Digital Realty
Randy Brouckman
CEO
EdgeConneX
Steve Smith
CEO
Zayo
Joseph Alm
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Security
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Vint Cerf
Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist
Google
Takuo Imagawa
Vice Minister of International Affairs
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Japan
Steve Lang
Former U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy
Seth Center
Acting Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology
U.S. Department of State
Björn Brynjulfsson
CEO
Borealis Data Center
Phillip Henderson
CEO and Managing Director
Vodafone Cook Islands
William Smales
Partner & CIO
Morrison
Raj Mirpuri
Vice President of Enterprise & Cloud Sales
NVIDIA
Jake Carnemark
CEO & Founder
Endeavour
Phillip Marangella
Chief Marketing Officer
EdgeConneX
Peter Hopper
Partner and Co-Founder
Primary Digital Infrastructure
Mohamed Nasr
CEO & Managing Director
Telecom Egypt
Ignacio Quintana
Managing Director, Co-Head of AI Infrastructure, Lead Operating Partner for Data Centers
MGX
Sita Sonty
Partner & Managing Director
AlixPartners AD&A Americas
Tomer Yosef-Or
Partner
Vitruvian Partners
Derek Chu
Head of American Real Assets, Mid Risk, Investments
AustralianSuper
Leanne Starace
SVP, Global Technical Sales and Solutions
Equinix
Troy Tazbaz
Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy & Operations
Oracle
Obinna Isiadinso
Global Sector Lead
International Finance Corporation (IFC) Global TMT
Dan Dooley
CCO
Lynk
Chris Sharp
CTO
Digital Realty
Lynn Smullen
Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships & Pursuits
Oracle
Eli Noam
Professor of Economics and Finance
Columbia Business School
Bill Barney
Chairman & President & Chair
Asian Century Equity & PTC Board of Governors
Brian Moon
CEO
Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC)
Robert Pepper
Senior Fellow & Member
GDIP & PTC Board of Governors
Tony Rossabi
Founder & Managing Director
OCOLO
Who Attended
| Company Name | Title | Work Country |
|---|---|---|
| 0Wire | CEO | USA |
| 23rdStreetMedia | Videographer | |
| Accenture | Senior Manager | |
| Accenture | Senior Manager | |
| Acuative | Director Sales | |
| AECOM | Army Client Account Manager | |
| AECOM | Air Force and Space Force Client Account Manager | |
| AECOM | VP, Global Technology Market Sector Leader | |
| AECOM | Vice President DOE | |
| Aggreko | Sector Manager - Data Centers | USA |
| Aggreko | Business Development Manager- Data Centers | |
| Aggreko | Business Development Manager | |
| AIRSYS Cooling Technologies | Senior VP of Sales | |
| AIRSYS Cooling Technologies | President | |
| AirTrunk | Head of Connectivity | Singapore |
| Akerman LLP | Partner | USA |
| Alcatel Submarine Networks | Head of Americas Region & OTT, Sales & Marketing | USA |
| Alcatel Submarine Networks | Account Director | USA |
| AlixPartners | Partner & Managing Director, Americas Digital Infrastructure Lead | USA |
| AlixPartners | Partner and Managing Director | |
| All Weather Insulated Panels | Director of Strategic Accounts | |
| All Weather Insulated Panels | National Accounts Manager | |
| Amalgamated Telecom Holdings Limited | Chief Executive Officer | Fiji |
| Amalgamated Telecom Holdings Limited | Chief Financial Officer | |
| Amazon Web Services | Sr Real Estate Development Mgr | |
| APTelecom | Co-Founder & President | Thailand |
| APTelecom | Vice President of Global Government Affairs | USA |
| APTelecom | Director | USA |
| APTelecom | CEO & Co-Founder | |
| Aqua Comms | Vice President Americas | USA |
| Araico | Managing Partner | |
| Ares Management | Vice President | |
| Asia Pacific Land | Senior Vice President, Head of Business Development | Japan |
| Asia Pacific Land | Senior Advisor | USA |
| Asia Pacific Land | Chief Investment Officer (Asia), Representative in Japan | Japan |
| Asian Century Equity | Chairman | USA |
| Australia-Japan Cable Limited | Chief Executive Officer | Bermuda |
| AustralianSuper | Head of American Real Assets, Investments | USA |
| Avtron Power Solutions | Global Business Development | |
| Avtron Power Solutions | Business Development Manager | |
| Axiom ODC | VP of Business Development North America Data Centers | USA |
| Axiom Space Inc. | Global Director, Orbital Data Centers | |
| Axtel | Wholesale Director | Mexico |
| Axtel | Market Research Manager | Mexico |
| Axtel | Director Planeacion | |
| Bain Capital | Associate | |
| Bain Capital | Associate | |
| Bain Capital | VP | |
| Bain Capital Real Estate | Managing Director | USA |
| BBG | Senior Managing Director | USA |
| Black & Veatch | Senior Managing Director | USA |
| Black & Veatch | Principal, Management Consulting | USA |
| Blue NAP Americas | Director of Market Development | Curaçao |
| Borealis Data Center Ehf. | Chief Executive Officer | Iceland |
| Borealis Data Center Ehf. | Director of CSR & Communications | Iceland |
| Borealis Data Center Ehf. | Chief of Staff | |
| Bulk Infrastructure Group | Chief Commercial Officer | |
| Business Iceland | Head of Energy & Green Solutions | |
| BW Digital | Senior VP North America Business Development | USA |
| CABASE | President | |
| Capacity Media - A Techoraco Brand | Product Director | |
| Centersquare | Chief Revenue Officer | USA |
| Centersquare | Vice President, Broker | USA |
| CentralAxis | Chief Executive Officer | USA |
| Ciena | Regional VP Enterprise Sales | |
| Clarke Energy | Sales + Business Development Manager | |
| Coatue Management | General Partner | USA |
| Coatue Management | General Partner | |
| Cogent Communications | Director Premier | |
| Cogent Communications | Senior Sales Engineer | USA |
| Columbia Business School | Professor of Economics and Finance | USA |
| Commercial Law Development Program | Senior Attorney | USA |
| Connectivity Capital | Managing Partner | USA |
| CoreSite | Sr. Director of Sales | United States of America (Minor Outlying Islands) |
| DatacenterHawk | Senior Analyst | |
| Department of Homeland Security | Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade and Economic Security | |
| Department of Homeland Security, Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans | Deputy Director, Economic Security Policy | |
| Department of Homeland Security, Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans | Director, Economic Security Policy | |
| Department of Homeland Security, Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans | Deputy Director, Economic Security Policy | |
| Department of State | Policy Advisor | |
| DHS | Compliance Manager/Cable SME | USA |
| Digital Realty | President & CEO | USA |
| Digital Realty | Chief Technology Officer | USA |
| DigitalBridge Group | Chief Executive Officer | |
| DLB Associates | Chief of Staff | USA |
| DoJ | NSD | Principal Scientific Officer | USA |
| EdgeConneX | Chief Executive Officer | USA |
| EdgeConneX | VP, Real Estate and Site Development | |
| EdgeConneX | Chief Revenue Officer | USA |
| EdgeConneX | Chief Marketing & Product Officer | USA |
| Edged Data Centers | Sr Sales Engineer | USA |
| Edged Energy | Director, Product Management | |
| Embassy of Iceland | Ambassador | |
| Enbridge, Inc. | Manager, Low Carbon Development | |
| Endeavour Energy LLC | Chief Executive Officer | USA |
| Endeavour Energy LLC | Senior Director | |
| EQT Partners | Partner | USA |
| Equinix | VP, Public Sector | |
| Equinix | SVP, Global Technical Sales and Solutions | |
| Farice | CEO | Iceland |
| Federal Communications Commission | Associate Chief, Space Bureau | |
| Federal Communications Commission | Data Scientist, Space Bureau | |
| FEWZION | Managing Broker | USA |
| First American Title Insurance Co. | Sr. Vice President & Counsel | |
| First American Title Insurance Company | Vice President | USA |
| Formerly USG | Former Director for Global AI Policy | |
| Forthright Insight | Principal | |
| FSM Telecommunication Regulation Authority | Deputy Chief Executive | |
| FSMT Cable Corp | Chief Executive Officer | Micronesia |
| Full Spectrum Consultant LLC | Founder | USA |
| Galtra Solutions, LLC | President | |
| Global Broadband Solutions, LLC | Chief Executive Officer | USA |
| Global Cloud Xchange | Chief Strategy & Revenue Officer | Hong Kong (SAR China) |
| Global Compute Infrastructure | CEO/Managing Director | |
| Globalinxdatacenters | International Business Development | USA |
| VP & Chief Internet Evangelist | ||
| Government of Tuvalu | Crown Counsel | United States of America (Minor Outlying Islands) |
| Greensky Development Group | Principal | |
| GreenSky DG | Principal | |
| Greysteel | Director - Capital Markets Brokerage | |
| Guggenheim Partners | Senior Managing Director | USA |
| Helmut Kohl Management GmbH | Managing Director | Germany |
| Helmut Kohl Management GmbH | Office Manager | Germany |
| Himes Associates, Ltd. | Director of Mission Critical Services | |
| Hitachi | US Sales Director | |
| Hitachi Energy | Business Development Manager | |
| Holder Construction | Senior Manager | |
| HS Orka | Business Development Manager | |
| HWG LLP | Partner | |
| IFC | Global Sector Lead, Cloud and Data | USA |
| In Any Event Consulting | Founder | |
| Infraforward Strategies LLC | Managing Partner | USA |
| INFRAKEY CAPITAL LLC | Chief Executive Officer | USA |
| Institute for CyberStudies | President | USA |
| Interglobix | Chief Executive Officer | USA |
| InterGlobix LLC. | Founder & Editor-in-Chief | USA |
| Janitza | Chief Operating Officer | |
| Jaymie Scotto & Associates | EVP, Business Strategy & Development | USA |
| JENBACHER - Innio | Sr. Business Development Manager | USA |
| JENBACHER - Innio | Business Development – North America | USA |
| JENBACHER - Innio | Business Developer DC Power Solutions | |
| Kimley-Horn | National Data Center Lead | USA |
| Laisar Management Group | President/CEO | |
| LANCK Telecom | Carrier Relations Manager Americas | |
| LandBridge | Director of Digital Infrastructure | |
| Landsvirkjun | Senior Business Analyst | |
| Landsvirkjun, National Power Company of Iceland | Director of Business Development | |
| LARUS Limited | Business Development Director | |
| Lightera | Sales Manager | |
| Lockton | Project Manager | |
| Lockton Companies | SVP, Director | |
| Loftin - Kohler Generators | Director of Business Development | USA |
| Lonestar Electric Industrial Supply | Industrial/OEM & Data Center Sales | USA |
| Lonestar Electric Industrial Supply | Vice President, Marketing | |
| Long Ridge Energy & Power | Chief Investment Officer | |
| Long Ridge Energy & Power | Vice President | USA |
| Loudoun County Economic Development | Executive Director | |
| Lynk | Chief Commercial Officer | |
| Maddox Industrial Transformer | Business Development | |
| Mano CG | Chief Executive Officer | Puerto Rico |
| McDermott Will & Schulte | Partner | |
| McDermott Will & Schulte LLP | Partner | United Kingdom |
| McKinsey & Company | Associate Partner | |
| McKinsey and Company | Partner | |
| MGX | Managing Director | USA |
| Michels Mission Critical | Mission Critical Program Manager | |
| Michels Mission Critical | Business Development Manager | |
| Michels Mission Critical | Senior Manager | |
| Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) | Assistant Director, International Economic Division, Global Strategy Bureau | |
| Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan | Officer, International Economic Division, Global Strategy Bureau | |
| Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan | Vice Minister for International Affairs | Japan |
| Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan | Deputy Director General for International Strategy Division | |
| Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan | Assistant Director for Global Strategy, International Economic Division | |
| Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate | Chief Political Advisor | |
| Ministry of Transport, Energy, Communication, and Innovation | Deputy Secretary | Tuvalu |
| Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. | Vice President | |
| Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. | Member of the Board of Directors, Chairman | Japan |
| MN8 Energy | Director, Power Origination | USA |
| Modius Inc. | Account Executive | |
| Modularity | CEO | USA |
| Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP | Partner | USA |
| Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners | Executive Director | USA |
| Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners | Senior Advisor | USA |
| Morrison | Partner and Chief Investment Officer | USA |
| MOX Networks | EVP, Sales and Sales Engineering | USA |
| Munters Data Center Technologies | Director of Key Accounts | |
| NEC Corporation of America | VP, Head of Government Relations and Public Policy | USA |
| Netrality Data Centers | Senior Market Development Specialist | |
| NJFX | Marketing & PR Manager | USA |
| NorthPoint Development | Executive Vice President | |
| NRD Retail, LLC | Member | USA |
| NTIA | Telecommunications Policy Specialist | |
| NTIA | Telecommunications and Information Policy Specialist | |
| NTIA | Senior Telecom Policy Specialist | |
| NTIA | Telecom Policy Specialist | |
| NTT | General Manager of NTT Washington DC office | |
| NTT | Global Client Manager | USA |
| NV5 | Sr. Director | |
| NVIDIA | Vice President of Enterprise & Cloud Sales | |
| ON | Business Development Manager | |
| Oracle | Area Vice President | USA |
| Oracle | SVP, Strategic Partnerships & Pursuits | USA |
| Oracle | Market Development Leader, North American Cloud Infrastructure | USA |
| Oracle | Senior VP of Corporate Strategy & Operations | |
| Orange | Sr Wholesale Account Mgr | |
| Orbit.Tax LLC | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Pacific Dataport Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | USA |
| Pacific Enterprise Capital International | President & CEO | USA |
| Pacific Telecommunications Council | Conferences and Programs Coordinator | |
| Pacific Telecommunications Council | ||
| Pacific Telecommunications Council | Senior Conferences and Programs Manager | USA |
| Pacific Telecommunications Council | Marketing Operations Manager | USA |
| Pacific Telecommunications Council | Chief Executive Officer | USA |
| Pacific Telecommunications Council | Marketing Manager | USA |
| Pacific Telecommunications Council | Conference & HR Manager | USA |
| Pacific Telecommunications Council | Industry Partnerships Manager | USA |
| Pine Gate Renewables | EVP | |
| Pioneer Consulting | Senior Director | |
| Pioneer Consulting | Managing Partner | USA |
| Pioneer Consulting Holdings LLC | Director Client Solutions | |
| PNG National Information and Communications Technology Authority | Chief Legal Officer | Papua New Guinea |
| Primary Digital Infrastructure | Partner and Co-Founder | USA |
| PTC Japan Committee | Chairman | |
| PTCJ | Vice Chairman | Japan |
| QTS Data Centers | Sr. Sales Executive | |
| RBC Capital Markets | Research Associate | |
| River Valley Advisory | Founder and CEO | USA |
| RPower LLC | SVP Business Development | USA |
| Sify Technologies Ltd. | Chief Strategy Officer | USA |
| Sify Technologies Ltd. | AVP - North America Business | USA |
| Singtel | Global Marketing Manager | USA |
| Singtel | Global Sales Manager | |
| Singtel | Senior Solutions Manager | USA |
| Social Security Administration | Senior Attorney, Office of the Inspector General | |
| Southern Cross Cable Network | President & CEO | Bermuda |
| Stakkur Energy | Chief Operating Officer | |
| Stakkur Energy | CEO | |
| State | Foreign Affairs Officer | |
| Stonepeak | Principal | |
| Summit Ridge Group | Associate | |
| Sunbelt Rentals | Federal Sales Manager | |
| Swearingen Development Partners | Principal | USA |
| Systecon | Regional Manager | |
| T5 Data Centers | Vice President of Business Development | USA |
| TAP Advisors | Managing Director | |
| TD Securities | Senior Equity Research Analyst | |
| TEC.TO | Chief Technology Officer | |
| TEC.TO | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Tecto | Commercial Director | Brazil |
| Telecom Egypt | CEO & Managing Director | Egypt |
| TeleGeography | Chief Executive Officer | |
| TeleGeography | Chief Research Officer | USA |
| Telin | Head of Business Development | |
| TGES America Ltd. | General Manager, Corporate Planning and Administration | USA |
| TGES America Ltd. | President / CEO | |
| The Cadmus Group | Vice President | |
| The Cadmus Group | Technical Director | |
| TJLNova Consulting | Principal | USA |
| Toshiba | National Account Manager | United States of America (Minor Outlying Islands) |
| TPG | Associate | |
| TPG Real Estate | Managing Director | |
| Tuvalu Telecommunication Corporation | Chief Executive Officer | Tuvalu |
| U.S. Department of Commerce | International Trade Specialist | |
| U.S. Department of Commerce | Computer Engineer | |
| U.S. Department of Commerce | Senior Counsel | USA |
| U.S. Department of Commerce | Computer Engineer | |
| U.S. Department of Commerce | Business and Industry Specialist | |
| U.S. Department of Commerce | Policy Advisor, Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services | |
| U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) | Office of ICTS | |
| U.S. Department of Homeland Security | Director, Risk Mitigation & Compliance Monitoring | |
| U.S. Department of Homeland Security | Team Telecom Lead, Foreign Investment Risk Management | |
| U.S. Department of Homeland Security | Deputy Director, TT/CFIUS Mitigation and Compliance | |
| U.S. Department of Homeland Security | Policy Analyst | |
| U.S. Department of Homeland Security | Policy Analyst | |
| U.S. Department of Homeland Security | Senior Analyst | |
| U.S. Department of Homeland Security | Policy Analyst | |
| U.S. Department of Homeland Security | Deputy Director | |
| U.S. Department of Justice | Attorney-Advisor | |
| U.S. Department of Justice | Attorney-Advisor | |
| U.S. Department of State | CABLES Program Coordinator, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs | |
| U.S. Department of State | U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy | USA |
| U.S. Department of State | Indo Pacific Unit Chief | |
| U.S. Department of State | Senior Advisor, Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy | USA |
| U.S. Department of State | Indo-Pacific Digital Economy Unit Chief, Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy | |
| U.S. Department of State | DoD Advisor, Office of Emerging and Critical Technology Policy | |
| U.S. Department of State | Program Manager, Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy | USA |
| U.S. International Development Finance Corporation | Director, ICT and Infrastructure Policy | USA |
| U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) | Associate Director | |
| U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) | Director | USA |
| U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) | Senior Business Development Officer - Infrastructure & Critical Minerals Lead | USA |
| U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) | Associate Director, Real Estate | |
| U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) | Investment Advisor (Anglophone West Africa) | |
| U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) | Director, Direct Equity Investments | |
| U.S. National Science Foundation | Partnership Strategist | |
| U.S. SBA Office of Advocacy | Assistant Chief Counsel | |
| Uniti Wholesale | SVP - Products & Marketing | |
| Uniti Wholesale | Chief Revenue Officer | USA |
| Verizon Partner Solutions | Wholesale Voice PLM | |
| Verizon Partner Solutions | Division Vice President of Voice, Wireless, and Platforms | |
| Verizon Partner Solutions | Assoc. Director, Infrastructure Sales | |
| Viadex Inc | Chief Commercial Officer | |
| Viadex Inc | Head of Global Logistics | |
| Viadex Inc | Global Services Director | |
| Vitruvian Partners | Partner | |
| Vodafone Cook Islands | Chief Executive Officer | Cook Islands |
| Vytal Digital Infrastructure | SVP, Strategic Partnerships | USA |
| Vytal Digital Infrastructure | Vice President | |
| Wartsila | Data Centre Power | United States of America (Minor Outlying Islands) |
| Wells Fargo | Executive Director | USA |
| White Eagle Strategies, LLC | President | USA |
| WSP | Managing Principal | USA |
| Xtera, Inc. | Founder & SVP Sales | USA |
| Zayo | Chief Executive Officer | USA |
| Vice President | ||
| Marketing Consultant | USA | |
| Consultant | ||
| SVP T-Mobile | USA | |
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