Powering the AI Boom: Data Centers & Digital Infrastructure

Explore the AI-driven data centre boom in this online networking event on 3 September 2026, with market, hiring and workforce insights for infrastructure professionals. AI’s rapid growth is fuelling an infrastructure arms race across data centres, semiconductor manufacturing, networking, cloud capacity and power. This session examines where that expansion is happening, which technical roles are proving hardest to fill and how existing skills can transfer into the growing digital infrastructure economy. Hosted online by Tech in Motion: Washington DC, the event combines an industry briefing with a networking format. Its insights draw on the newly released Kelly Digital Infrastructure™ 2026 Data Center Salary Guide, giving attendees a timely view of the US market and the workforce strategies shaping hiring through the second half of 2026. ## What the session will cover - The current state of the US data centre and digital infrastructure market - The forces driving unprecedented investment in AI infrastructure - Talent bottlenecks that could slow data centre growth - High-demand roles spanning engineering, IT, networking, cloud and operations - Transferable skills that can help professionals move into digital infrastructure - Talent and hiring trends to watch through H2 2026 ## Who should attend? This event is particularly relevant to professionals working in IT infrastructure, engineering, networking, cloud and operations, as well as people considering a career move into the data centre sector. Recruiters, hiring managers and technology leaders responsible for building infrastructure teams can also use the session to understand where skills shortages are emerging and how demand is changing. Because the focus is on market intelligence, career pathways and workforce strategy, attendees do not need to be specialists in AI model development. The session instead explores the physical and digital foundations required to build, operate and scale AI systems,making it useful for anyone whose work touches infrastructure, technical talent or operational capacity. The event takes place online, with the access link made visible to registered attendees. It is sponsored by Motion Recruitment, an IT staffing, recruiting and career consulting company. Register for Powering the AI Boom: Data Centers & Digital Infrastructure