Attract & Deploy Highly Mobile Talent, Rapidly Build Shift-Ready Capability, & Scale Workforce Strategy at Speed to Safeguard Mission-Critical Performance for Data Center Construction & Operations
LEAP HR: Data Centers launches this September as the world’s only HR‑specific forum built exclusively for the data center industry, bringing together senior HR, talent, and workforce leaders from across data center construction and live operations at a pivotal moment for the market.
As AI, cloud, and digital infrastructure demand accelerate, global data center capacity is expected to grow at nearly 20% annually through 2030, triggering one of the largest infrastructure build cycles the industry has ever seen. Yet the industry is discovering that people capacity, not capital, is now the primary constraint on growth. Workforce shortages across construction and operations are already impacting build schedules, safety performance, operational readiness, and uptime, with more than half of data center operators reporting difficulty finding and retaining qualified staff.
In 2026, workforce decisions sit directly on the critical path to delivery. Hiring alone is no longer enough. HR leaders are now accountable for ensuring workforce challenges do not create critical capability gaps, stall expansion plans, accelerate regretted attrition, or place unsustainable pressure on already stretched teams. As demand accelerates, they must convert hiring activity into on-site productivity, build shift-ready capability, and embed reliability, safety, and uptime into workforce design across both build and operate phases.
There has never been a dedicated, senior-level platform for data centre leaders to learn from true peers facing the same workforce and delivery challenges – until now. Every major developer, operator, and mission-critical contractor is racing to solve the same talent challenge. This is where the industry's leading organizations are sharing the strategies that will shape the next phase of data centre growth.
What stands out about LEAP HR: Data Centers is the focus on action, not theory. This industry doesn’t need more abstract conversations; it needs real examples of what’s actually working, and this is where we’ll get them.
Nick Haughton, Senior Human Resources Business Partner, Data Center Operations, Microsoft
The data center industry is scaling faster than our shared understanding of how others are responding. Without LEAP HR: Data Centers, leaders are forced to operate in isolation, guessing rather than learning from peers facing the same challenges.”
Amy Garner, Vice President Workforce Planning & Strategy, Vantage Data Centers
As contractors, we spend a lot of time talking to our peers, but that only gets you so far. What’s compelling about bringing contractors and owners together is gaining access to perspectives we don’t always see.
Rosemary Adams, Vice President Talent Acquisition, JE Dunn
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