Intro to DCD>Connect | India
Hear how DCD>Connect | India can help you achieve your unique sales & marketing goals with an introductory presentation from the DCD team
DCD>Connect | India Networking Event
The Westin Mumbai Powai Lake
Join us for an evening of networking to celebrate the official launch of DCD>Connect | India 2026
To celebrate the launch of our upcoming DCD>Connect | India event (October 20-21, 2026), we'll be bringing together 150+ of our clients, advisory board members and industry partners on November 25 from 3:30pm-8pm, for an evening of informal networking and industry insights at the Westin Mumbai Powai Lake.
Here's what you can expect:
- Welcome Reception
- Opening Remarks
- Introduction to DCD>Connect | India - Mumbai 2026
- Major Panel: India’s Pivotal Moment
- Fireside Chat: Investment and Policy Outlook
- Networking Reception: Cocktails & Canapés
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Discover how India's operators are delivering on ambitions to meet global demand
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Analyze efforts to align policy with investment to aid the region's status as the next global data center hub
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Understand how DCD>Connect | India accelerates deal flow & creates partnership opportunities tailored to the Indian market.
Supported by an expert local advisory board
Director, Infrastructure Services, Oracle Cerner
Managing Director, India, Equinix
Bimal Khandelwal
Chief Executive Officer, STT GDC India
Sharad Agarwal
Chief Executive Officer, Sify Infinit Spaces
Prashant Goyal
Senior Director and Head of Data Center Practice, CBRE
Co-Founder, MD & CEO, Yotta Data Services
Managing Director - Data Center Leasing, APAC Digital Infrastructure Capital Markets, India, JLL
Managing Director, Head of Data Centres - India, CapitaLand
Founder & CEO, CtrlS Datacenters
Founder & CEO, PI Datacenters
Join 150+ of your peers as we discuss the challenges & opportunities impacting the Indian market
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Industry Insights
Understand the current and emerging trends shaping India's digital infrastructure landscape with exclusive insights from our expert local advisory board members
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Networking Reception
Network with the DCD team and connect with faces new and old over free-flowing refreshments & canapes
Check out some of the highlights taking place across the event
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Fireside chat: Investment and Policy Outlook: India as the next global data and AI hub
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- Open Session
Speakers
Managing Director - Data Center Leasing, APAC Digital Infrastructure Capital Markets, India, JLL
Pranjal Saxena
DC Lead, Nomura Research Institute
Soumil Gupta
Data Center Advisory, Invest India
India’s data center market is attracting record levels of investment, with CBRE forecasting more than USD 100 billion in commitments by 2027. At the same time, the policy landscape is rapidly evolving — from the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, which sets the framework for data sovereignty, to state-level incentives such as tax holidays, land concessions, and single-window clearances. Open access and dual-grid power measures, renewable integration, and infrastructure status recognition are also reshaping how and where capital is deployed.
The critical question is whether these measures will provide the clarity and certainty investors need to scale at speed. Join this fireside chat for a forward-looking outlook on how India can align regulatory standards, fiscal incentives, and energy reforms to realise its ambition of becoming the next global data center hub.
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Major Panel: India’s pivotal moment - Can the industry deliver on its ambitions?
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- Open Session
Speakers
Managing Director, India, Equinix
Director, Infrastructure Services, Oracle Cerner
Joint President & Chief Business Officer, AdaniConneX
Managing Director & Head, Data Center India, CapitaLand Investment
Anita Gorny-Moloney
Portfolio Director, DCD
India’s data center market is approaching a pivotal moment. Explosive demand from digitisation and cloud adoption is driving rapid expansion, raising urgent questions about power, land, sustainability, and talent. The debate is no longer if growth will happen, but how the industry can deliver at the speed and scale required.
Against this backdrop, hyperscalers are announcing billion-dollar builds and policymakers are offering incentives, yet key questions remain. How should operators adapt to balance efficiency and sustainability targets, prepare for high-density, AI-ready workloads, and build infrastructure flexible enough to evolve with shifting technologies? Can India’s grid evolve quickly enough to deliver the reliable, renewable power that data centers will demand? And which projects and strategies will define India’s data center decade ahead?
Join our Advisory Board as they debate what it will really take to turn today’s surge into lasting advantage.
Resources
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DCD>Connect | India 2026 - Sponsorship Brochure
From branding to thought-leadership, explore the sponsorship opportunities available at DCD>Connect | India 2026
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DCD>Connect 2026 event schedule expands to India to meet growing demand
With 20,000 individuals in the DCD community joining Connect events in 2025, the world's largest digital infrastructure event series launches in India in October 2026
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DCD>Studio: India's potential with Sridhar Pinnapureddy, CtrlS
DCD's Georgia Butler and Sridhar Pinnapureddy of CtrlS discuss the growth of the Indian market, and plans for expansion in the region.
Industry Testimonials
See what your peers are saying about their Connect experience
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First class event that presented a wide variety of perspectives and technologies in an engaging and informative forum.
— Data Center Project Architect, AWS
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A very well organized event which was very insightful and engaging. It was a great opportunity to meet industry leaders and peers from the ecosystem. Great conversations and meaningful networking opportunities.
— Director, Equinix
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The event provided an exceptional platform to connect with industry leaders, share innovative ideas, and explore the latest advancement in data centre and digital infrastructure. The insightful session and networking opportunities were invaluable, making it truly enriching experience. I look forward to participating again and continuing to grow within this vibrant community.
— Director Design Data Center, EDGNEX Data Centers by DAMAC