Americas Data Center Market: Q1 2026 Developments and What Comes Next
WEBINAR | Recording Available
DC Byte’s Americas experts and guest speakers break down the latest capacity developments, hyperscale demand trends and emerging growth markets across the region.
If you missed our latest webinar, or you attended and want to recap, the webinar recording is now available to download and watch.
The discussion covers:
- Emerging growth markets within the Americas
- The widening gap between planned and deliverable capacity
- How AI is impacting data center designs and rack densities across the board
- The growing importance of community engagement
- Investor priorities for 2026 and beyond
Why Download the Recording
Real Market Intelligence
DC Byte tracks capacity pipelines, leasing activity and infrastructure development across the Americas region, providing insight into where new supply is emerging.
Strategic Market Outlook
Understand how hyperscale demand, power constraints and infrastructure investment are shaping the future of the Americas data center ecosystem.
Hear From our Experts and Guests
The session included expert insight from DC Byte and guest speakers, covering everything from power constraints to community engagement.
Webinar Agenda
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Meet Your Speakers
Colby Cox, Managing Director – Americas, DC Byte
Colby Cox leads DC Byte’s Americas operations, overseeing regional sales strategy and client engagement across one of the most active data center markets globally. Based in Northern Virginia, the world’s largest data center hub, he works closely with operators, investors and infrastructure partners to help them understand capacity pipelines and emerging opportunities across the Americas.
Alexandra Desseyn, Research Manager – Americas, DC Byte
Alexandra Desseyn leads research coverage for the Americas at DC Byte, analyzing development pipelines, hyperscale demand and regional market growth across the United States and Latin America. Her team’s work provides data-driven insight into how infrastructure markets are evolving across the region.
Mara Ervin, Data Center Development, Stonebridge | Chair, iM Women Eastern U.S.
Mara Irvin has over 20 years of experience in digital infrastructure and is part of the data center development team at Stonebridge, supporting projects nationwide from early strategy through execution. She focuses on aligning key partners across the ecosystem, from utilities to tenants, while ensuring projects are grounded in strong community and workforce engagement. Mara is also Co-Founder of the Beyond the Megawatt podcast and Chair of iM Women for the Eastern U.S., where she champions a more inclusive and sustainable future for the industry
Teri Klug LaSpina, National Director, Business Development Big-D Companies
Teri Klug LaSpina leads the National Business Development effort for Big-D Companies with experience spanning real estate, energy, technology, data centers, and venture capital. She specializes in guiding organizations through growth and transformation, working with Fortune 500 and high-growth companies to deliver results in complex environments. Teri also played a key role in driving economic development in Utah, supporting initiatives that generated over 17,000+ jobs and significant capital investment.
Who This Webinar is For
• Data center operators
• Infrastructure investors
• Developers and real estate stakeholders
• Technology companies and hyperscalers
• Data center suppliers and ecosystem partners
Market Intelligence
This webinar is part of DC Byte’s Regional Market Intelligence Series, providing regular insights into the global digital infrastructure landscape.
About DC Byte
DC Byte provides market intelligence used by operators, investors, hyperscalers and infrastructure partners across the global data center industry. Our platform tracks the Americas data center market in real time, giving organizations clear visibility into capacity growth, hyperscale expansion and digital infrastructure investment trends across North and South America.
Our analysts monitor data center capacity pipelines, AI-driven demand and power availability constraints to help industry stakeholders understand where new developments are emerging and which markets are attracting the most investment.
The DC Byte platform tracks:
• 135+ global data center markets
• 450+ GW of IT capacity
• 8,300+ data center facilities worldwide
These insights help organizations understand how hyperscale demand, AI infrastructure growth and regulatory pressures are reshaping the Americas digital infrastructure landscape.
