How will colocation and data center service providers need to adapt to their central role in the process of digital transformation? What will be the investment priorities in order to  develop and maintain the services and infrastructure to stay ahead of a rapidly-evolving and changing market. How will this impact providers and clients in Tamil Nadu?

Chennai is primed to become one of the key data center hubs in South Asia and its growth is projected to accelerate based on both local and incoming demand. How will local resources and governance cope? And how will data center design and planning help manage growth? 

Enterprise companies are the foundation of the datacenter/cloud ecosystem. Decision making becomes more complex as services and technologies evolve and possibly harder to keep track of as options and information increase. How well is provider evolution meeting enterprise needs in a situation of high growth or is it in fact shaping those needs?

Which aspects of hyperscale design, construction and operation should be looked at when applying the principle of scale? Scalability has traditionally been a capability associated with the largest, hyperscale data centers – how has it impacted how data centers in India are being designed and operated? 

Datacenters are underpinned by data, not just as facilities where data is stored and processed but through the whole lifecycle – siting, planning, design, construction and operation. Where are the shortfalls in data center metrics? Why? How can these shortfalls be addressed?  

The shortage of suitably skilled workers is close to becoming the global industry’s No.1 resource challenge. How is it impacting Indian data centers and how can any situation of shortage be dealt with?

Datacenter ownership and operation has moved closer to the core of many organizations’ commercial and social strategies.  How can the requirements presented by risk, sustainability and cost control be balanced?

The evolution of cyber-crime and the increasing threat it represents to datacenter and cloud services means that protection is not just based on better cyber protection technologies. What will be the role of people, management systems, and digital strategies in fighting an ever-present threat?   

As digitalisation increases throughout India and reaches larger numbers of businesses and consumers, what role will Edge play in a future IT delivery strategy? How will Edge evolve across India to play this role? Who will lead and invest in this roll-out? How will this process impact digital infrastructure across the country?

As the number of cloud services and delivery models available to businesses across India increases, so can the difficulty of making the correct choices . Concerns remain still about deploying cloud in terms of cost, service levels, control and visibility. What are the key questions to be asked when procuring cloud and how  do you make best use of the answers? 

What are some of the key technologies that we can expect to see come onto the market in coming years? And which will contribute most to the challenges faced by data centers in India? How will they do so?