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Connect | APAC // DCD>Debate: Thinking beyond greenfield - Can modular be the solution to booming AI capacity demands?

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  • Data Center Construction
  • Open Session

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Shalini Lagrutta

CEO and Managing Director, DXN

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Shalini Lagrutta

CEO and Managing Director, DXN

Shalini Lagrutta boasts a remarkable 20-year track record in the telecoms and data centre industry. Her journey includes pivotal roles in renowned companies such as Fujitsu Telecommunications, Huawei, LGC Wireless in Silicon Valley, and Flexenclosure. Notably, Shalini’s leadership at DXN since 2019 has propelled significant sales growth in Modular Data Centres. Shalini’s contribution at DXN since 2019 to 2022 was as bringing in significant customers and revenue growth to the business. Since being appointed as CEO on 2022, her focus has been to restructure the company including exiting unprofitable businesses and focusing on turning the company around to profitable growth. Recognised for her outstanding contributions, she earned accolades like Capacity Media’s 20 Women to Watch in 2020, Top 30 Edge Computing Leaders by Data Economy in 2020, and a spot-on Capacity Media’s 2021 Power 100 listing. Shalini’s recent achievement includes being honoured as one of the Infrastructure Masons (iM100) award recipients in December 2021 as well as 2024 TOP-10 APAC Women Leaders by Data Centre Magazine —a testament to her inspiring leadership in shaping the digital age.

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Modular data centers continue to make waves across the APAC region, offering rapid deployment, scalability, and energy-efficient designs that cater to the booming demand for digital infrastructure. With AI-driven workloads and hyperscale growth accelerating, the promise of modular construction seems undeniable— but is it truly the transformative solution the industry needs to keep up with demand?

Experts will discuss the merits of modular designs in fast-expanding markets like Southeast Asia, and debate the inherent challenges with this approach. High upfront costs, regulatory hurdles, and concerns over geopolitical reliance on Chinese-built solutions present significant barriers. Can modular data centers overcome these obstacles and establish themselves as the cornerstone of APAC’s digital future, or are they simply a temporary solution to meet immediate demand?

Held under Chatham House Rule, DCD>Debates are open discussions led by a panel of experts, on the biggest issues to face the industry.