In 2026, Building AI Infrastructure That Works Together

As artificial intelligence continues to accelerate, the data center industry is reaching a critical inflection point. At Daou Technology, we see this moment not as a passing trend, but as an opportunity to work alongside our customers to turn AI ambition into practical, sustainable infrastructure strategies.

Reflecting on 2025: A Year of Preparation

For Daou Technology, 2025 was a year defined by focus and preparation.
As we move toward the opening of our new data center, we concentrated on infrastructure planning, architectural design, and operational readiness.

Looking ahead, 2026 marks an important transition.
With one year remaining until launch, our priority shifts from preparation alone to deepening engagement with our customers—listening more closely, collaborating more actively, and aligning our infrastructure strategy with real-world demand.

Rather than viewing the data center as something simply to be built, we have focused on understanding:

• What kind of infrastructure our customers truly need today

• How they plan to adopt and operate AI in real business environments

This naturally leads to a fundamental question:

What does the right AI infrastructure actually look like for our customers?

Preparing for Change

AI is rapidly reshaping enterprise IT architectures.
However, not every organization requires hyperscale-level AI infrastructure.

Most enterprise and mid-sized customers are approaching AI adoption incrementally—
starting with inference workloads, data analytics, and internal process automation rather than massive, centralized training clusters.

In practice, these customers face very real constraints:

• Power availability

• Physical space

• Capital and operating costs

• Operational complexity

As a result, the data center strategy for 2026 is shifting away from the question of
“How large can we scale?”
toward a more critical one:

“How well can infrastructure be designed around the customer’s reality?”

Daou Technology views this shift not as a short-term adjustment, but as a long-term structural transformation within the data center industry.

Daou Technology’s Key Priorities for 2026

1. Right-Sized AI Infrastructure Built Around the Customer

AI infrastructure should never be defined by scale alone.
At Daou Technology, we design AI-ready data center environments by carefully considering:

• Customer workload characteristics

• GPU utilization plans

• Rack-level power density

• Initial investment requirements and future expansion paths

This approach allows customers to start at the scale they need today, while maintaining the flexibility to grow as AI adoption expands.

By avoiding overprovisioning, customers can reduce upfront risk while maintaining both deployment speed and operational stability.
For 2026, our core strategy is clear:

Not larger data centers, but customer-specific, right-sized AI infrastructure.

2. A Practical Approach to Distributed and Hybrid Infrastructure

Enterprise AI workloads are not uniform.
Training, inference, and sensitive data processing each demand different infrastructure environments, and hybrid architectures—combining on-premises systems, cloud platforms, and colocation—are becoming the norm.

With this reality in mind, Daou Technology is preparing a flexible data center environment that does not depend on a single model or rigid architecture.
This flexibility enables customers to adjust their AI strategies over time without being constrained by infrastructure decisions made too early.

3. A Customer-Centric Shift Ahead of Launch

For Daou Technology, 2026 is a pivotal year.
With our data center scheduled to open in 2027, the coming year is not only about finalizing facilities, but about building trust with customers before day one.

Every customer operates under different industry conditions, regulatory requirements, and business priorities.
Recognizing these differences, we are committed to working closely with each customer to define the right infrastructure direction—one that extends beyond opening day into a long-term partnership.

Looking Ahead

The year 2026 represents the final stage of preparation and the beginning of deeper collaboration.
It is a time for Daou Technology and our customers to jointly shape how AI infrastructure should support real business growth.

We see AI infrastructure not as a physical asset alone, but as a foundation for sustainable, long-term business value.

In 2026, Daou Technology will continue to work side by side with our customers to build a practical, resilient, and future-ready AI infrastructure—together.

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