Vertiv hosts AI data centre masterclass and CXO roundtable ahead of India AI Impact Summit 2026

Vertiv Holdings has concluded a Masterclass on AI Data Centre Power Architecture along with a CXO Roundtable aimed at senior leadership, as part of broader efforts to support India’s preparedness for gigawatt-scale AI infrastructure.

The sessions, held in December in Mumbai, were positioned as official pre-summit engagements leading up to the India AI Impact Summit 2026, which is scheduled to take place in February 2026 in New Delhi. The summit, announced by Narendra Modi at the France AI Action Summit, will be the first global AI summit hosted in the Global South.

Focus on AI-ready power and cooling architectures

The Vertiv-led masterclass and roundtable brought together CEOs and senior technology leaders to examine the evolving requirements of AI-driven data centres, particularly as workloads scale toward extreme density and gigawatt-level power consumption.

Peter Panfil, Distinguished Engineer and Vice President for Global Technical Business Development at Vertiv, led ...