Connect | New York // DCD Talks retrofitting for AI - Making existing infrastructure work harder, smarter, and cleaner with Katie Boeh | Schneider Electric

AI has accelerated demand for high-density infrastructure, but many enterprises don’t have the luxury of greenfield construction—or the desire to overinvest before proving ROI. In this session, we’ll discuss how organizations can leverage and transform their existing data center assets to support AI initiatives. Attendees will learn how to evaluate retrofit investments, determine when software‑driven optimization can defer capital spending, and build an ROI model that reflects both physical constraints and strategic opportunities.

We’ll highlight the emerging importance of digital twins and advanced modeling tools that help leaders make informed decisions about power usage, electrical paths, cooling resilience, and risk. Whether you’re planning your first GPU cluster or scaling AI workloads across your footprint, this session will help you align infrastructure strategy with business outcomes.