Featured Panel at Data Center Frontier 2026: From Hybrid to Liquid: Scaling Cooling Infrastructure for the Next Era of AI

Lindsay Schulz, Global Principal Technologist at Equinix, joins an expert panel to tackle one of AI infrastructure's most critical bottlenecks: scaling thermal management as rack densities blow past traditional air-cooling limits. Join this panel of engineering, operations, and cooling leaders for a high-stakes session moderated by Matthew Vincent (Data Center Frontier) as they explore how liquid cooling, mechanical retrofits, and hybrid architectures are reshaping modern data center design.

Alongside Jaskeerat Singh (Nortek Data Center Cooling), Robert Post (Nautilus Data Technologies), and Andrew Whitmore (Motivair by Schneider Electric), Lindsay will share firsthand insights on deploying liquid cooling, retrofitting legacy facilities, and managing hybrid air-and-liquid environments. The session will dive deep into direct-to-chip cooling, heat rejection strategies, water stewardship, and the operational lessons emerging from live, high-density AI deployments.