Connect | India // Opening Keynote Panel: Building the AI-ready data center of the future
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- DCD Main Stage - Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
- Energy & Sustainability
- Open Session
Speakers
Managing Director, Ecolab
Sharad Agarwal
Chief Executive Officer, Sify Infinit Spaces
Country MD – India, NTT Data
Vinish Bawa
Partner | TMT & Data Centres Leader, PwC India, PwC
Founder & CEO, PI Datacenters
Rajesh Tapadia
CEO, Iron Mountain Data Centers India
AI is changing the requirements of data center infrastructure, driving higher rack densities, greater power demand and new approaches to cooling. In India, where capacity is expanding rapidly, operators must meet these requirements while navigating constraints around power, water and the need to build sustainably at scale. The challenge is not simply adding more capacity, but designing facilities that can adapt as AI workloads and technologies continue to evolve.
This opening panel will explore:
- How AI workloads are changing data center design and infrastructure requirements
- What higher densities mean for power, cooling and water strategies
- How operators can improve efficiency without compromising resilience
- Where emerging technologies can unlock greater capacity and performance
- How to design facilities that can scale and adapt to future AI demand