Equipment manufacturers are no longer merely suppliers of data center infrastructure, but key players in this transformation. How can we strike a balance between standardization, industrial modular prefabrication, and extreme customization of data centers?

This roundtable offers a concrete, no-nonsense look at the technical, economic, and environmental choices that are redefining data center design in 2026, as well as the strategic role of equipment manufacturers in these trade-offs.

● Standard vs. Custom: A False Debate? Trade-offs between deployment speed, costs, performance, and long-term adaptability.
● Modular and prefabricated: industrial promises or operational limitations?
● Equipment manufacturers at the heart of innovation
● Sovereignty and the supply chain: a blind spot?
● Toward “equipment-driven” data centers? When technical constraints dictate the overall architecture, at the expense of flexibility.