John Schaefer
Design & Construction MEP Vantage Data Centers
Seminars
Thursday 3rd December 2026
Panel: Executing Retrofit Work in Live Data Center Environments Without Disrupting Uptime
8:10 am
- Navigating strict uptime constraints in live data centers by aligning retrofit execution with operational controls to protect customer workloads and system resilience
- Improving planning for shutdowns, cutovers and integration activities to minimize disruption and maintain operational continuity
- Developing contingency and risk mitigation plans that enable rapid response when construction activities, outages or sequencing do not go as planned
- Identifying construction challenges that differentiate retrofits from new builds
