CSE Data Center Roundtable: May/June 2026

Brook Gummere, market sector leader and mechanical engineer, recently shared her expertise with Consulting-Specifying Engineer as part of an industry roundtable focused on the rapid evolution of data center design in response to AI-driven computing demands. The conversations brought together industry experts to explore topics including power infrastructure, energy efficiency, sustainability, fire protection, cooling technologies, building automation and strategies for supporting the unprecedented growth of modern data centers. 

As organizations continue to invest in digital infrastructure, there is an increasing need for resilient, scalable and adaptable facility designs.

Read the following articles:

• “Energy efficiency, safety are top priorities in data center design”
• “How to balance fire protection with water damage avoidance in AI data centers”
• “How to employ advanced cooling strategies in AI data centers”
• “How to design data centers around power constraints”
• “How to improve sustainability at AI data centers”
• “Ways that data center building automation, controls are changing”
• “Designing data centers for rapid growth and modularity”