About DC Buyers Forum
A new kind of event for the UK data centre industry. Where quality matters more than quantity, and every attendee is there to learn.
DC Buyers Forum was born from a simple observation: the UK data centre industry has plenty of opportunities to network, but fewer opportunities to learn. Evening events are great for building relationships, but they're not the place for deep technical conversations. Trade shows offer scale, but your message competes with hundreds of others for attention.
We created DC Buyers Forum to fill that gap. A full-day conference format that gives sponsors the stage they deserve, and gives attendees content worth travelling for. No booths fighting for attention. No rushing between parallel tracks. Just focused, valuable presentations from companies with something meaningful to share.
Our events are intentionally small. 100 attendees maximum. Every person in the room is a senior decision maker from the UK data centre community: CTOs, Infrastructure Directors, Engineering Leads. People with the authority to make things happen.
We believe that when you put the right people in the room and give them content worth their time, good things happen.
Our Approach
Quality Over Quantity
We cap attendance at 100 to ensure every interaction is meaningful. No anonymous crowds, no badge scanning. Every attendee is vetted to ensure they're relevant to our sponsor community.
Substance Over Sales
We work with speakers to ensure their presentations deliver genuine value. Case studies, technical deep-dives, honest lessons learned. Our audience comes to learn, and we respect that.
Balance Over Burnout
Four hours of talks, four hours of networking, two hours of drinks. Our format respects your time and energy. Enough content to be valuable, enough breaks to process it.
Community Over Transactions
DC Buyers Forum is about building long-term relationships, not quick wins. Many of our attendees and sponsors return event after event, because the connections they make here last.
Who Attends
Our audience are the people who make technology decisions at UK data centres.
Operators
- Colocation providers
- Hyperscale operators
- Edge network providers
- Managed service providers
Enterprise
- Financial services
- Media & entertainment
- Healthcare
- Government & public sector
Job Titles
- Chief Technology Officers
- Infrastructure Directors
- Engineering Managers
- Procurement Leads
Premium London Venues
Every DC Buyers Forum event takes place at a carefully selected central London venue. Easy to reach by public transport, with modern facilities and a professional atmosphere. Our venues are chosen to facilitate networking, with breakout spaces for one-to-one conversations and comfortable seating for presentations.
Past and planned venues include The Brewery, etc.venues Liverpool Street, and The Shard Conference Centre.
Ready to Join Us?
Whether you want to attend, speak, or sponsor, we'd love to hear from you.