Allied Resources Group to Attend DCAC USA 2026 in Austin

Allied Resources Group (ARG) will attend DCAC USA 2026, taking place August 24-26 at ACL Live in Austin, Texas. Representing ARG will be Ben Steele, Director, Business Development, and Kirk Johnson, Vice President, Growth & Partnerships.

Known as the Data Center Anti-Conference, DCAC brings together the people shaping the future of digital infrastructure for conversations that extend across power, development, design, construction, operations and technology. This year’s theme, “Operation: Full Throttle,” reflects the accelerating pace of data center development and DCAC’s broader mission of “forging the 5th Utility.” (DCAC Live)

Supporting the Infrastructure Behind the 5th Utility

The idea of data becoming an essential utility aligns closely with how ARG views the data center market. A data center does not begin at the facility walls. Reliable operations depend on an interconnected infrastructure system that starts well upstream of the building itself.

Across the ARG family of companies, our capabilities can support that lifecycle from fuel supply and power generation through switchyards, transmission and substations, distribution, and ultimately the data center. Those capabilities include engineering and design, surveying, project and construction management, environmental permitting and compliance, inspection, staffing and workforce augmentation, along with data center-focused services such as site surveys, telecom and cabling, IT integration and technical staffing.

ARG has continued to expand its data center capabilities around this multidisciplinary model, bringing together experience in energy, engineering, construction management, field services and workforce deployment to address the infrastructure challenges surrounding mission-critical development. (AR Group)

That perspective is also why being part of DCAC matters.

As demand for AI and digital infrastructure continues to accelerate, conversations around data centers increasingly involve more than computing capacity. Power availability, utility coordination, project schedules, permitting, construction resources, skilled labor and long-term reliability are all becoming part of the same conversation. DCAC’s 2026 program reflects that convergence, bringing together leaders across data center engineering, construction, commissioning, energy, real estate and operations. (DCAC Live)

For Ben and Kirk, the goal in Austin is to listen, learn and connect with the people addressing these challenges every day. Those conversations help ARG better understand where projects are experiencing pressure, how infrastructure requirements are evolving and where the right combination of engineering, field services or workforce support can help keep projects moving.

Sometimes that means supporting several stages of a major infrastructure program. Other times, it means providing the right expertise at one critical point in the project lifecycle.

ARG will not have a booth at this year’s event. Instead, Ben and Kirk will be throughout the conference meeting with industry colleagues, participating in conversations and learning from the professionals helping shape what comes next for data center infrastructure.

Attending DCAC USA 2026? Connect with Ben Steele or Kirk Johnson before the conference to schedule time to meet in Austin.