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Event Background
EVENT
Workshop on Data Center PPPs
2026 Workshop Series on Public-Private Partnership Hot Topics
Workshop on Data Center PPPs
22 July

2026

TIME: 22 July 2026, 19:00–21:30 (GMT+8)

LOCATION: Virtual

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SUMMARY

Workshop Series

Building on the success of the 2024 and 2025 series, the 2026 Workshop Series on Public-Private Partnership Hot Topics is designed for public-private partnership (PPP) professionals affiliated with governments, financiers, developers, consultants, contractors, and other stakeholders. The three-part series will offer participants opportunities to:

  • Better understand the latest “frontier issues” in PPPs, such as developments in PPP capacity building, PPP transaction design, and data center PPPs
  • Learn from, and collaborate with, experts from leading International Financial Institutions (IFIs), who will share their latest thinking and tools
  • Learn practical approaches to addressing common PPP project development and implementation challenges from experienced PPP units in developing countries
  • Engage with other practitioners and build stronger professional networks
  • Request further support through the feedback survey at the end of each workshop

Certificate

Participants will receive a certificate at the end of each session upon completing a feedback form.

Workshop on Data Center PPPs

This workshop will discuss cases when a data center is suitable for a PPP rather than for fully private provision; ways in which the transaction can be designed to reduce technology or demand risks for the government; the roles of the public and private sectors regarding land permits, power supplies, and backup infrastructure; and how to address these constraints in developing countries, with a particular focus on Kenya which is seeking to become a regional hub for data centers.

AUDIENCE

The workshop is tailored for staff from PPP units, ministries of finance and planning, and PPP practitioners from Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, and Asia. Project developers, financiers, contractors, and consulting companies are also welcome.

FORMAT

The workshop will be held virtually. Presentations and discussions will be conducted in English. MCDF’s event platform will provide simultaneous AI-generated written translation in 30 languages.

Participants will engage through survey apps, and question and answer sessions at the end of each panel discussion.

Video recordings, presentations, and background materials of select workshop content will be uploaded on the MCDF website.

ORGANIZING PARTNERS
  • Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance (MCDF)
  • Egypt Ministry of Finance
  • African Development Bank (AfDB)
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)
  • Development Bank of Latin American and the Caribbean (CAF)
  • Eurasian Development Bank (EDB)
  • Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) of World Bank
  • World Association of PPP Units and Professionals (WAPPP​​​)
CONTACT

If you would like to learn more about the Workshop on Data Center PPPs, the full 2026 Workshop Series on PPP Hot Topics, or get in touch with the IFI co-organizers, please contact MCDF’s Ms. Lulu Meng Gu (meng.gu@themcdf.org)