CREtech New York Announces Data Center Leadership Session Featuring JLL, CBRE, IBM, CoreWeave and DLA Piper

NEW YORK, NY, July 23, 2026 — CREtech today announced “The State of the Data Center Marketplace: Power, Capital, and the Race to Build,” a featured session at CREtech New York 2026, taking place October 20–21 at the Javits Center.

Sponsored by DLA Piper, the session will bring together senior leaders from JLL, CBRE, IBM and CoreWeave for a timely discussion on the forces transforming one of commercial real estate’s fastest-growing sectors.

Data centers have moved from a specialized asset class to the center of institutional investment, corporate strategy and global infrastructure planning. Demand driven by artificial intelligence, cloud computing and enterprise technology continues to accelerate, while power availability, grid capacity, site selection and sustainability are creating new limits on where and how quickly development can move forward.

The session will feature:

• Matt Landek, Global Division President, Data Centers and Critical Environments, JLL
• Patrick Lynch, Executive Managing Director and Global Lead, CBRE
• John Hawkins, Global Real Estate Lead, IBM
• Heather McGeory, Vice President of Energy and Sustainability, CoreWeave

The panel will be moderated by Stephanie Yarbrough, Partner at DLA Piper, who will also deliver opening remarks to begin Day 2 of CREtech New York.

The discussion will examine what is happening across the market as developers, investors, occupiers and technology companies race to meet unprecedented demand.

Topics will include:

• Why power availability has become one of the biggest constraints on data center growth
• Where institutional capital is flowing and what is driving continued demand
• How grid limitations are changing site-selection strategies
• The role of energy strategy and sustainability in design and long-term asset value
• What enterprise occupiers need from data center infrastructure now and in the years ahead

“Data centers are now at the center of some of the most important conversations taking place across real estate, technology, energy and infrastructure,” said Michael Beckerman. “This session will give attendees a clear view of where the market is heading, what is driving growth and which constraints will ultimately shape the next wave of development.”

“The State of the Data Center Marketplace: Power, Capital, and the Race to Build” will take place at 9:10 a.m. on Wednesday, October 21, during Day 2 of CREtech New York 2026.

CREtech New York will bring together more than 3,000 owners, developers, investors, occupiers, technology companies and industry leaders for two days of programming, meetings, networking and business development focused on the future of commercial real estate in the age of AI.

Tickets are available at: https://cretech.com/register

For sponsorship inquiries, contact:
TJ Murphy, Sales Director
tj@cretech.com

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