DaCEY Awards Nominations

The DaCEY Awards

The Data Center Executive of the Year (DaCEY) Award recognizes the individual who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the Data Center industry. Awarded to a CTO, CIO, vice president, director or manager with direct reports, from IT, Data Center or associated departments or an executive in an equivalent position, the DaCEY Award honors executives who demonstrate innovation, vision, leadership and best practices relative to a data center.

The Data Center Project of the Year award recognizes the key members of a team who have made the greatest positive impact to their organization through innovation, vision, leadership and best practices for a data center project successfully completed within the last 12-18 months.

Project Teams will be recognized in each of the following categories:

• Data Center Design
• Green Initiatives
• Infrastructure Management
• Legacy Devices Solutions
• Network Operations
• Security
• Storage
• Virtualization

Nominees and Project Team members for the DaCEY Awards are invited to network with their executive peers and attend the DaCEY Executive Forum and Awards Gala as our complimentary guests. The DaCEY program creates a unique atmosphere for interaction, information exchange and camaraderie among industry peers. The nomination process, the judging process and the experience of the DaCEY Awards combined with the cumulative impact of the on-site program, provides eligible Data Center Executives and Project Teams with an unparalleled platform for success.

Specific Nomination Criteria

• An organization may submit only one nominee for the Data Center Executive of the Year Award.
• Multiple projects can be submitted from the same organization; however, it can only submit one project category per nomination form. A separate application fee will apply to each project submission.
• An organization may choose to submit a nominee, a project, or both
• Additional eligibility and criteria can be found in detail in each of the nomination forms To download a nomination form, go to

Call for Nominations Open: TBA