Shark Tank Veteran and Renowned Investor Kevin O’Leary, Geneviève Maltais-Boisvert, Managing Director, DigitalBridge Investment Management and Paul Palandjian, CEO, O’Leary Ventures to Share Data Center Investment Opportunities
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The data center market is booming and is expected to reach $151 billion in 2029. (Omdia) To help investors stay ahead in this digital revolution, Data Center World—the premier global conference for data center IT infrastructure, mission-critical facilities management, power innovations, emerging construction practices, and AI-driven technologies—has strengthened its program with leading investment experts to deliver essential market insights.
Data Center World is AFCOM’s annual gathering of IT and data center professionals. Data Center World 2025 takes place April 14-17, 2025 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Register here.
Tara Gibb, Senior Director, Data Center World said, “We are very excited to add these influential investment leaders to our program. Attending Data Center World is the perfect opportunity for the data center ecosystem to gain critical insights, engage with industry leaders, and identify lucrative investment opportunities.”
On April 17, Shark Tank veteran and renowned investor Kevin O’Leary will share his insights on why data centers are today’s gold rush. O’Leary is known as Mr. Wonderful from ABC’s ‘Shark Tank’ series – though today, he is better known for his venture capitalist and investment pursuits. And one industry he is hot on is data centers. He promotes investing in data centers in mainstream media, but he is also personally investing in a ‘mega data center project’ called Wonder Valley through his O’Leary Ventures company. This AI-powered data center industrial park will be nestled within the Greenview Industrial Gateway (GIG) in Alberta’s Municipal District of Greenview. Planned as an off-grid, approximately 8-gigawatt AI Data Center Park, Wonder Valley represents a bold step into the future of technology. During his presentation, O’Leary will share his learnings from this critical project, and insights on the data center industry and its thirst for power and alternative energy resources. He will also share anecdotes from his 15-year run as one of the most popular judges on Shark Tank.
In addition, Wade Vinson, Chief Data Center Engineer, at NVIDIA will deliver a keynote on the topic of “Data Centers at Scale in the Age of Accelerated Computing” and Lucia Tian, Head of Clean Energy and Decarbonization Technologies, Google and Jeffrey Olson, Vice President of Business Development & Finance, Kairos Power will present “Powering the Future: Google and Kairos Power’s Collaborative Path to Clean Energy.”
