Data Centre & Semiconductor Facility Convergence
Shared Engineering Playbooks for the AI Revolution
The Mission
AI is forcing convergence between the once-separate worlds of semiconductor manufacturing and data centre infrastructure. As data centres scale to support AI workloads, their facility complexity is beginning to rival that of semiconductor fabs — particularly around cooling, power quality, redundancy, and speed of delivery.
The pace of data centre expansion is constrained by the availability of advanced chips, while sustained growth in data centre investment underpins long-term semiconductor demand. Collaboration has real potential benefit for both industries.
- Mutual impact: data centre expansion is driving semiconductor demand, while advances in chip manufacturing are reshaping data centre efficiency
- Shared constraints: both sectors face the same pressure points — power, water, labour, and supply chains — creating clear opportunities for shared infrastructure and strategic partnerships
- Expertise exchange: there is major untapped value in cross-pollinating best practices, from direct-to-chip cooling and ultra-high redundancy to rapid build-outs, electrical distribution, and advanced water treatment
It was truly enlightening to me. Learnt a lot about the opportunities and challenges the Semicon industry is currently facing, what's waiting ahead of us.
Mohammad Qasim Shaikh
Technical Development Manager, Americas
Syensqo Specialty Polymers
Attending the technical conference was an enriching experience. One of the highlights was the showcase of innovative technology, allowing participants to explore cutting-edge advancements.
Cecilia Boon Chia Hui
Principal Water Engineer
Micron Technology
The best UltraFacility to date. The venue was excellent, great attendance and the papers were high quality. Good presence by the industry supply chain and great to see so many HVM Semiconductor.
Gary Van Schooneveld
President
CT Associates
What You’ll See
Data centre content at UltraFacility explores convergence in practice, not theory.
Examples of presentations and roundtables from 2025 include:
On-site generation of ammonium hydroxide
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Criticality of modern analytical techniques in semiconductor-grade IPA analysis: Impacts of construction material compatibility and supply chain conditions on product integrity
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Material Selection and Purity Control in Corrosive Solvent Distribution and Collection Systems
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Who Attends
UltraFacility conference attendance is notable for two things: engineers and experts join from across all major facility disciplines, and semiconductor manufacturers represent a substantial portion of delegates – 10% of the total.
Join 850+ partners, clients, and competitors in Phoenix this September.
Past attendees: Data Centers
Past attendees: Semiconductor Manufacturing
Confirmed Speakers
Data centre and semiconductor convergence experts are contributing across data-driven technical presentations, roundtables, workshops, and poster sessions.
Alan Knapp
Senior Director, Microelectronics Market
Xylem
Alan Knapp
Senior Director, Microelectronics Market
Xylem
Alan Knapp
Senior Director, Microelectronics Market
Xylem
Alan Knapp
Senior Director, Microelectronics Market
Xylem
Alan Knapp
Senior Director, Microelectronics Market
Xylem
Alan Knapp
Senior Director, Microelectronics Market
Xylem
Why UltraFacility
UltraFacility is the only technical conference where data centre and semiconductor facility engineers share the same agenda — not as separate tracks, but as two industries confronting the same engineering problems from different directions.
- End user partners at Intel, GlobalFoundries, Samsung Austin Semiconductor, and Micron shape the agenda — real facility challenges, not vendor pitches
- 50+ non-commercial, data-driven presentations selected from 100+ abstracts by an independent co-moderating team
- 80+ semiconductor manufacturers on the delegate list — 10% of total attendance
- The only forum where data centre operators can learn directly from decades of semiconductor experience in power quality, water treatment, contamination control, and high-redundancy operations
Get Involved
UltraFacility 2026 will expand data centre participation across the entire conference, including curated discussions on 16 September and core technical sessions on 17 and 18 September. If you are working on the facility challenges that both industries now share, this is where those conversations happen.
Opportunities include:
- Submit a technical abstract
Abstracts make up the technical presentations that are the core of the UltraFacility conference agenda. Present your solutions to 850+ experts this September – Submit an abstract today. - Join as a speaker in the Data Center focused workshop
One of many interactive workshop across the 16th September pre-conference agenda, speaker positions offer the chance to share findings and expertise across devoted, data center-focused panels and roundtables – Get in touch about speaking positions here.
- Become a mission partner
Position your brand as an industry leader with a range of highly select opportunities to showcase expertise and engage with a targeted audience of facility professionals – Get in touch with our team today.
Speaking opportunities are curated in collaboration with our independent Technical Advisory Committee to ensure relevance, balance, and technical depth.
UltraFacility 2026 | 16-18 September | Phoenix, Arizona
