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- DCD - Vertiv Power Innovation Day 2026
Vertiv Power Innovation Day 2026
April 29, 2026 • Live broadcast + on-demand
Presented in partnership with DatacenterDynamics (DCD)
Register nowPower architecture is being redefined.
AI growth, accelerating deployment timelines, and increasing pressure on the grid are changing how data centers are powered—from substation to server. Power decisions today must support higher density, faster scale, and long‑term availability, while remaining practical to deploy and operate.
Vertiv Power Innovation Day 2026 brings together Vertiv advisors and industry leaders for a focused, half‑day broadcast examining how power strategies are evolving—and how operators are adapting their architectures to meet real‑world constraints.
Why attend?
This broadcast is designed for teams responsible for planning, deploying, and operating data center power infrastructure.
You’ll gain insight into:
How AI is reshaping power demand, density, and availability planning
Where traditional AC architectures are reaching their limits
How operators are adapting power infrastructure to support AI workloads
Practical approaches to aligning power distribution, ecosystem partners, and architecture for high‑density environments
Sessions focus on current challenges and near-term decisions—not speculative futures.
What to expect
Across three sessions, speakers will explore:
- The macro forces shaping data center power in 2026
- Adapting power infrastructure to support AI‑driven workloads
- Aligning power distribution, ecosystems, and design strategies for scalable, high‑density deployments
Each discussion connects architecture decisions to deployment, reliability, and long‑term operational impact.
2026 Broadcast agenda (ET)



Stephen Worn
CTO and Managing Director, NAM, DatacenterDynamics
Phillip Marangella
Chief Marketing and Product Officer, EdgeConneX
Kyle Keeper
SVP, Power Management, Vertiv
Giuseppe Leto
Senior Director, IT Systems Business - EMEA
April 29, 2026 • 9:00AM – 10:00AM



Tony Gaunt
VP, Product Management - Asia, Vertiv
Tam Pledger
Digital Content Manager, DCD
Peter Gaston
Senior Director, ST Telemedia Global Data Centres
Giuseppe Leto
Senior Director, IT Systems Business - EMEA
April 29, 2026 • 10:00AM – 11:00AM



Emma Strutton
Head of Channels, DatacenterDynamics
Giovanni Zanei
VP, Large Power Conversion, Vertiv
Francesco Mangano
Head of Engineering, Data4
Giuseppe Leto
Senior Director, IT Systems Business - EMEA
April 29, 2026 • 11:00AM – 12:00NN
Aligning power distribution, ecosystems and architecture for high-density environments

Stephen Worn
CTO and Managing Director, NAM, DatacenterDynamics

Kyle Keeper
SVP, Power Management, Vertiv

Phillip Marangella
Chief Marketing and Product Officer, EdgeConneX
April 29, 2026 • 9:00AM – 10:00AM

Tony Gaunt
VP, Product Management - Asia, Vertiv

Tam Pledger
Digital Content Manager, DCD

Peter Gaston
Senior Director, ST Telemedia Global Data Centres
April 29, 2026 • 10:00AM – 11:00AM

Emma Strutton
Head of Channels, DatacenterDynamics

Francesco Mangano
Head of Engineering, Data4

Giovanni Zanei
VP, Large Power Conversion, Vertiv
April 29, 2026 • 11:00AM – 12:00NN
Aligning power distribution, ecosystems and architecture for high-density environments
Watch live or on-demand
Register to stream Vertiv Power Innovation Day 2026 live on April 29, or access all sessions on demand through DCD’s Mission Critical Power Channel.
Register to stream