Connect | India // Debate: From supply chain to commissioning - Can India deliver AI infrastructure at scale?
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- Infinity Ballroom II | G Level
- Data Center Construction
- Open Session
Speakers
Chief Vision Officer, PRASA Infocom & Power Solutions
Vinod Javur
CEO AI - Data Center, Nxtra by Airtel
President & Country Head - India, COLT Data Centre Services
Senior Data Center Manager, Oracle
Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group
Ranjit Gajare
Chief Growth Officer, Sterling and Wilson Data Center
India is rapidly capturing AI-driven infrastructure demand, putting pressure on equipment supply, procurement, installation and commissioning. Extended lead times for transformers, chillers and substations are reshaping project planning, while the delivery of high-density AI infrastructure is exposing challenges around skilled labour, local manufacturing and engineering capacity.
This debate will examine whether India’s end-to-end delivery ecosystem can meet the scale and speed of hyperscale AI infrastructure, including:
- How equipment lead times are changing procurement and project phasing
- Whether local manufacturing can meet hyperscale standards and requirements
- Installation and integration challenges, including skilled labour
- The challenges of testing and commissioning high-density AI infrastructure
- What recent AI buildouts reveal about India’s readiness to deliver at scale