Frequently asked questions

Digital Infrastructure World (DIW) 2027 is the AI infrastructure conference and exhibition held in collaboration with the Open Compute Project (OCP). It brings together the teams designing the rack and the teams building the data center: silicon, systems, networking, power, cooling and data centers, designed as one. It is organized by CloserStill Media, the organizer of Data Centre World and Ai4.

February 3–4, 2027, at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, 150 W San Carlos St, San Jose, California, in Silicon Valley.

Most events cover either IT hardware or data center facilities. As racks head toward 1MW and campuses toward gigawatts, the two have to be designed together. DIW puts both communities in one room: the Open Compute Project leads the rack programme (OCP Tech Day), and CloserStill Media, the organizer of Data Centre World, brings the data center, power and energy community. About DIW

Around 2.5K attendees from 500 companies: hyperscalers, neoclouds and GPU clouds, frontier AI labs, colocation and wholesale data center operators, enterprise IT, telcos, government and national labs, developers and investors, utilities and energy developers, and engineering and construction firms. Who attends

Digital Infrastructure World 2027 is for the people who design, build, power, run or buy AI infrastructure: infrastructure and hardware engineers, platform and network architects, data center design and operations teams, power and cooling leads, technology executives, and investors and strategists. Each track maps to a set of roles: Rack for hardware and rack architects, Cluster for network and ML infrastructure teams, Data Center for design engineers and critical facilities managers, and Energy for power strategy, site selection and investment. Who attends

Mainstage keynotes on Open Systems for AI, then four tracks from the rack to the grid: Rack (OCP Tech Day, designing the 1MW rack), Cluster (AI clusters and networking), Data Center (building 1GW AI data centers, power and cooling) and Energy (power for AI campuses). Conference tracks

The Open Compute Project programmes the Rack track (OCP Tech Day) and the Open Systems for AI keynotes. The CloserStill Media content team programmes the Cluster, Data Center and Energy tracks with engineers and operators from across the industry.

OCP Tech Day is the Open Compute Project event in San Jose on February 3-4, 2027, held at Digital Infrastructure World. OCP programmes the Rack track, opens all four tracks with OCP track keynotes on day 1 and programmes the day 1 Open Systems for AI keynotes. OCP members register at a dedicated member rate. See OCP at DIW 2027.

The OCP Global Summit is the Open Compute Project's own annual event: October 12-15, 2026 in San Jose, and October 4-7, 2027 at the Moscone Center, San Francisco. Digital Infrastructure World is a separate February event in San Jose, run by CloserStill Media in collaboration with OCP, that puts OCP Tech Day alongside the Cluster, Data Center and Energy tracks.

Talk proposals close on December 1, 2026 at 11:59pm Pacific. Submit a session through the call for speakers.

The Digital Infrastructure World 2027 agenda is on the site now and fills in as speakers are confirmed. Speakers are announced on a rolling basis, and the full agenda is published ahead of the event. Agenda at a glance shows the running order for both days. Full agenda

Presentations and fireside chats run 25 minutes and panels run 35 minutes, with five minutes of changeover between sessions. Mainstage keynotes run 25 minutes. Each track opens with a five-minute introduction and closes each day on a panel. Agenda at a glance

Yes, and they are labeled as sponsored. Everything else at Digital Infrastructure World 2027 is chosen on merit. The Rack track (OCP Tech Day) carries no sponsored sessions, and the OCP keynotes and panels are never sold. Conference tracks

The program team reviews every proposal and replies by email. Rack track sessions are curated by the Open Compute Project. After you submit, you can add a headshot, your LinkedIn profile and a short bio: proposals with a full speaker profile are easier to review and accept. Questions go to Megan Lennox, Director of Content. Call for speakers

Yes. Choose 'For someone else' on the speaker step and add your own name and email as the submitter: replies come to you. You can add up to six more people to any format as co-presenters, panelists or moderators. Panels take three or four voices; fireside chats take two. Call for speakers

Choose Register now on any page to register. Advance rates apply until October 30, 2026.

Yes. Groups of three or more receive 25% off every pass. The discount applies automatically when you add your third registrant.

Yes. Convince your boss sets out what your team brings back, what it costs, and includes a ready-made approval email.

All Access covers both days of Digital Infrastructure World 2027: the keynotes, all four tracks and OCP Tech Day, the exhibit hall, networking receptions and 1:1 meetings, lunch and coffee breaks, and the event app. The OCP Member pass includes everything in All Access at a lower rate for Open Compute Project members. The Sales & Marketing pass also includes everything in All Access. Registration and pricing

Prices are per person, in US dollars. All Access is $699 at the advance rate until October 30, 2026, then $799 until February 2, 2027, and $899 onsite. The OCP Member rate is $349.50 until October 30, 2026, then $399, and $449.50 onsite. The Sales & Marketing pass is $3,450 at one rate. Groups of three or more get 25% off every pass. Registration and pricing

Sales and marketing teams at suppliers that are not exhibiting at Digital Infrastructure World 2027. All Access is for qualified attendees: the people who build, buy or run AI infrastructure. Suppliers who want to attend without a stand register on the Sales & Marketing pass, which includes everything in All Access. Exhibitors do not need it: they receive passes with their package. Find your sponsorship fit

Current members of the Open Compute Project. Choose the OCP Member pass when you register for Digital Infrastructure World 2027. The rate needs a current OCP membership, and the full membership directory is on opencompute.org. OCP at DIW 2027

San José Mineta International Airport (SJC) is about 4 miles (7 minutes) from the venue. San Francisco International (SFO) is about 35 miles away and Oakland International (OAK) about 37 miles. Hotel and travel

Yes. Connections Housing is the official Digital Infrastructure World housing partner, with rates at the San Jose Marriott, Hilton San Jose, Hyatt Place Downtown and Signia by Hilton, all within an 8-minute walk of the venue. Book by December 28, 2026, and only through Connections Housing: anyone else claiming to be the housing partner is not. Hotel and travel

Around 100 sponsors and exhibitors take part, across silicon, networking, servers and racks, power, cooling, data center build, energy and software. Find your sponsorship fit sets out the options, or book a call with the sales team.

Receptions, 1:1 meetings, networking lounges, meetups and coffee breaks across both days. Networking

Business casual.

Meetings at Digital Infrastructure World 2027 are double opt-in: a 1:1 only happens if both sides say yes. They run across both days, and lunch on day 2 is set aside for the structured meetings program. 1:1 meetings are included in every pass. Networking

Yes. Every pass to Digital Infrastructure World 2027 includes access to the event app.

At the registration desk at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center. Registration opens at 7:45am on both days. On February 3, badge collection comes with a continental breakfast and the desk stays open until 6:30pm. On February 4 the desk is open until 4:00pm. Welcome remarks start on the mainstage at 8:15am each day. Agenda at a glance

CloserStill Media, which also runs Data Centre World (London, Paris, Frankfurt, Madrid, Asia and Shanghai, with Tokyo launching December 2027), Data Center Americas in Washington DC, and Ai4, America’s largest AI conference. DIW is held in collaboration with the Open Compute Project (OCP), a global community of organizations and individuals that collaboratively develops open technologies for data center and IT infrastructure.

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