3rd edition Data Center Summit (DCS) 2022
Conference on ‘Transformation to Net Zero’
1 Sep 2022 (1000-1730 hrs) & 2 Sep 2022 (0930-1500 hrs)
Hilton Convention Centre, Embassy Manyata Business Park, Bengaluru | Draft Agenda-1
Day-1: 1 Sep 2022: Journey towards Sustainable Data Centers
| 1000 – 1025 hrs | Registration and Networking | ||
| 1030 – 1130 hrs: Inaugural Session | |||
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| Digitalization is powered by Data Centers; it offers opportunities to improve resource efficiency in every business, data are future for every activity, increase profits, agility and the productivity. However, data centers are huge energy guzzlers and do require uninterrupted power for throughout their operations. Today owing to stringent environmental norms which would further be tightened due to negative impacts of climate change. Hence, there is a dire need to institutionalise framework for Data Centers which can facilitate lowest energy usage and 100% green power supply. The inaugural session would address challenges which are prevalent both in energy efficiency and green power. The State and Central Government officials would brief about the policies set to enable the DC industry while transforming to achieve Net Zero Status. | |||
| 1130 – 1200 hrs | Health Break and Networking | ||
| Panel discussion would support to explore deeper understanding about the business trends in the data center industry with respect to operators (colocation/enterprise/edge data centers), technological solutions available to bridge the gap between the emerging technologies and solutions, fast track growth of DCs owing to policies and provision of single window clearances from the Govt to facilitate the growth. Further, financing mechanisms would be discussed to exceed the target sets for achieving green growth and to accelerate the vision for Net Zero. | |||
| 1200 – 1210 hrs | Session Chairman | Dr Chandrasekhar Hariharan Co-chair, IGBC Bangalore Chapter |
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| 1210 – 1225 hrs | The Pathway for Sustainable Data Centers | Mr Vipin Shirsat General Manager, India Princeton Digital Group (PDG) |
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| 1225 – 1240 hrs | Scalability of Data Centers – Role of SoftTech Solutions | Mr Bhaskar Bhattacharya Executive Vice President, Aurionpro Solutions |
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| 1240 – 1255 hrs | The Data Centers of the Future are Green and Reliable | Mr Mayank Srivastava Director, Segment Head – Cloud & Service Provider, Schneider Electric |
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| 1255 – 1310 hrs | Green by Design | Mr Shankkar Narayann Strategic Business Unit Head, Ensavior Technologies Pvt. Ltd |
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| 1310 – 1315 hrs | Q&A | |
| 1315 – 1415 hrs | Lunch and Networking | |
| 1415 – 1545 hrs: Technical Session-1 Innovation in IT Hardware & Software Solutions for Green Data Centers |
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| The session will cover the following concepts: • Innovation in IT Hardware and software solutions • Future built environment of data centers to house innovations • IT density, virtualization, green initiative for hyperscale data centers • Synch between Design for future and build with technology for achieving operational excellence |
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| 1415 – 1420 hrs | Session Chairman | Mr Shankar KM Director - Data Center Operations STT GDC (India) |
| 1420 – 1435 hrs | SoftTech Solutions and Future Ready IT Hardware to Exceed Sustainability Targets | Mr Vivek Rajendran Director, Software Engineering, Dell EMC, Infrastructure |
| 1435 – 1450 hrs | TBD | CtrlS |
| 1450 – 1505 hrs | Role of Increased IT Density for Improved Sustainability in DC Businesses | Mr Anand Vanchi Solutions Architect – Hyperscale Cloud DCs. Intel Tech India Pvt Ltd |
| 1505 – 1520 hrs | Maximise Uptime & Performance of Data Centre with Energy Efficient Air Solutions | Dr Vijay Chaudhry President, Int. Business & Gas Phase Filtration, Bry-Air (Asia)Pvt Ltd |
| 1520 – 1530 hrs | Q&A and Remarks | |
| 1530 – 1600 hrs | Health Break and Networking | |
| 1600 – 1645 hrs: Panel Discussion-1 Off-Set Carbon Footprint in Data Centers: Future of Data Center Businesses |
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| Use of green power in Data Centers will spur very significantly in the coming years. Renewable Energy
Policies are being refined by the State and Central Government, to offer benefits to Data Centers.
Key measures would be introduced to source 50-70% of green power for every data centers. Buyers
are also aware, and their coalitions are committed to purchase in a Green Data Center, to be more
environmentally responsive. Business models will be discussed and deliberated. Key drivers to
reduce/eliminate carbon footprint are: • Green Power (Off-site RE/PPT/Carbon Trading) • Renewable Energy Storage, Banking, and Integration • New Age Renewable Energy technologies and Solutions • Reducing Costs of Renewable (Policy Incentives) |
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| 1600 – 1605 hrs | Session Chairman | Mr Arul Shanmugasundaram* Executive Director (Operations), Ayana Renewable Power Pvt Ltd |
| 1605 – 1645 hrs | Panel Members | Mr Moiz Vaswadawala
Senior Executive, Vice President - Planning and Execution Governance & Chief Governance Officer, NTT |
| 1605 – 1645 hrs | Panel Members | Mr Vikram Nagrani, Chief Technology officer, STT GDC |
| 1605 – 1645 hrs | Panel Members | Ar Pankaj R Wadhwa Principal Architect & CEO, Vastunidhi Architects |
| 1605 – 1645 hrs | Panel Members | Ms Ritu Lal Senior Vice President and Head - Institutional Relations, Amplus Solar |
| 1605 – 1645 hrs | Panel Members | Mr Prasad Joshi Vice President, Greenko Group |
| 1645 – 1650 hrs | Q&A | |
| 1650 – 1810 hrs: Technical Session-2 Scalability and Modularity The Future of Digital Transformation (Edge Data Centers) |
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| Need for data center arises from a switch/network to Edge Data Center which can be in the range of
10 kW to 100 kW, to fulfils the need of localization. Hence the challenges are numerous and plenty of
solutions are available to save resources. The session will enable audience/delegates to explore new
age solutions for their future planning and to have retrofitting in their existing set-up to better business economics. Key takeaways include the following: • Design and Build for Future; Transform the Business in no time • Scratch to Operation, full of scalability and modularity • Deep understanding of today’s IT space to Futuristic IT enclosures |
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| 1650 – 1655 hrs | Session Chairman | Mr Sudipta Sanyal Practice Leader, Aurionpro Solutions Ltd. |
| 1655 – 1710 hrs | DC Solutions for Future Ready CRIS: Enterprise, Colo or Cloud | Mr Sharat Sahai Mathur Group GM (CCCO), Indian Railways |
| 1710 – 1725 hrs | Pathway to Net Zero Data Centers and Case Study | Mr Sukhwinder Singh Kharour Founder & CEO, VueNow Infotech Pvt Ltd |
| 1725 – 1740 hrs | TBD | Mr Rajendra Vijay Kolhatkar AdaniConneX |
| 1740 – 1755 hrs | Deep Insights to Optimise Air Flow Management for Excellence in Operation and Cost Benefits | Mr RaviRaj U Brand Head, Director Sales & Support NetRack Enclosures Pvt Ltd. |
| 1755 – 1810 hrs | Design and Build for Future Ready Data Centers (Edge) | Mr Rao Srinivasa, Managing Director, Data Centers – Project Management, Colliers India |
| 1810 – 1815 hrs | Q&A | |
| Close Day -1 | ||
| 1830 – 1930 hrs: Advisory Group Meeting (Only by Invitation) Brainstorming Session – Road Map to Overcome Challenges in Indian DC Industry | ||
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| An elite group of senior industry leaders/veterans meet annually to brainstorm for the future
solutions, to contribute for the growth of Indian Data Centers. This is the 3rd Advisory Group Meeting;
first meeting had held at Infosys Campus Bangalore and 2nd meeting had held at Taj West End in
Bangalore. It is expected that India would be the Global Data Center Hub. Considering this, it is well versed that there are immense opportunities for all DCs, service providers, DC experts etc. however, there are equal or more challenges to build tomorrow’s DC solutions. Members will share challenges and brainstorming will enable to put efforts to resolve/solve some of the issues in 2022-23 with regard technological obstacles, policy issues and advancements, to pave the path for Net Zero Data Centers by 2030 |
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| 1830 – 1930 hrs | To be Shared with Advisory Members only (Only by Invitation) | |
| 1945 – 1030 hrs Dinner (Only by Invitation) | ||
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| Day-2: 2 Sep 2022: Future Solutions in Data Center Industry | ||
| 0930 – 1000 hrs | Networking | |
| 1000 – 11301130 hrs: Master Speaker Session-2 Data Center Parks – Opportunities and Challenges | ||
| 1000 – 1010 hrs | Session Chairman | Mr Syed Mohammed Beary Chairman, IGBC Bangalore Chapter |
| 1010 – 1025 hrs | Digital Age – Way Forward | Mr Murari Sinhal Senior Group Vice President, Reliance Ltd. |
| 1025 – 1040 hrs | TBD | Mr Dietrich Habel Head – Territory, Piller Germany GmbH & Co.KG |
| 1040 – 1055 hrs | Redefining Data Centres with On-Demand & On-Requirement Service Models | Mr Ravinder Pal Singh Chief Business Officer, DataSamudra |
| 1055 – 1110 hrs | TBD | Mr Surajit Chatterjee Managing Director - Datacenter (India), CapitaLand |
| 1110 – 1125 hrs | Data Center Policy Initiatives by MeitY | Ms Uma Chauhan* Senior Director, MeitY, Gov of India |
| 1125 – 1130 hrs | Q&A | |
| 1130 – 1145 hrs | Health Break and Networking | |
| 1145 – 1235 hrs: Technical Session-3 Cooling Paradox - Emerging Design and Operational Solutions |
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| 1145 – 1150 hrs | Session Chairman | Mr Rajkumar Kambar DC Manager Asia – Intel |
| 1150 – 1205 hrs | Optimised Cooling in Data Centers - Wide Range of Solutions | Mr Prakash Chandra Lohia Senior Vice President (Power & Utility), Reliance Industries Limited |
| 1205 – 1220 hrs | Cooling Solutions for Emerging Data Center | Mr Raghuveer Director - Thermal Management, Vertiv Energy Pvt Ltd |
| 1220 – 1235 hrs | TBD | Delta Electronics |
| 1235 – 1250 hrs | Benchmarking to Demonstrate Excellence in Performance | Mr Siddharth Jain Managing Director, Epi India |
| 1250 – 1300 hrs | Immersion Cooling – The New Age of Data Centers | Mr Vijay Gopalapillai General Manager, Technical- Asia region, 3M |
| 1300 – 1305 hrs | Q&A | |
| 1300 – 1400 hrs | Lunch and Business Networking | |
| 1400 – 1445 hrs: Exclusive Session – Business Fireside Chat Focus of Data Centers | Futuristic Design Solutions | Net Zero Data Centers |
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| Session Chairman | Dr Chandrasekhar Hariharan Co-chair, IGBC Bangalore Chapter |
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| 1400 – 1410 hrs | Colocation and Enterprise Data Centers – Future Solutions | Mr Sachin Bhalla Vice President – Secure Power Schneider Electric, Greater India Zone |
| 1415 – 1425 hrs | NTT’s Partnership for Carbon Neutral Businesses | NTT |
| 1430 – 144 hrs | Innovative Design Measures for Data Centers | Mr Dinesh Semwal Founder & MD, Ensavior Technologies Pvt Ltd. |
| 1450 – 1550 hrs: Panel Discussion-2 Challenges and Probable Solution - Hyperscale Data Centers |
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| Hyperscale Data Centres (10,000 sqm or more of white space, with power in the range of 25 MW or
more) are advanced DC projects which provide the space, power, cooling, and the network
infrastructure essential to support the mass scale requirements of data and cloud computing. Since,
India is expected to grow exponentially in Hyperscale Space, challenges are enormous. Some of the
key challenges of Hyperscale DC are • Continuity (global availability/reliability) • Adoption of new technologies rather saturated technologies (tried and tested) • Sustainable power and Security • Confidence of customers, data consumption, suppliers of technologies, The session will address some of key issues in Hyperscale DCs. |
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| 1450 – 1455 hrs | Session Chairman | Mr Vivek Rajendran Director, Software Engineering, Dell EMC, Infrastructure |
| 1455 – 1545 hrs | Panel Members | Mr Shashi Bhushan Prasad Associate Vice President, Design, Built, and Delivery, STT GDC |
| 1455 – 1545 hrs | Panel Members | Mr Sachin Bhalla Vice President – Secure Power Schneider Electric, Greater India Zone |
| 1455 – 1545 hrs | Panel Members | Mr Pritam Goyal Principal Program Manager, Azure, Microsoft & (Chair, Task Force IGBC & LBNL) |
| 1455 – 1545 hrs | Panel Members | Mr Lalit Malhotra Vice President – Technical, Ensavior Technologies Pvt Ltd. |
| 1455 – 1545 hrs | Panel Members | Mr Ramachandran K National Past President, ISHRAE |
| 1545 – 1550 hrs | Q&A | |
| 1550 – 1600 hrs: Closing Session DCS 2022 Summary and Way Forward | ||
| 1550 – 1600 hrs | Data Center Summit 2022: Recap and Way Forward | Mr Syed Mohammed Beary Chairman, IGBC Bangalore Chapter |
| 1600 – 1610 hrs | Thank You Note | IGBC |
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