Green Computing Foundation · first edition
One stage. No parallel tracks. Nobody is in the other room.
Why now, why here
Data centre capacity has grown severalfold in five years, AI workloads are pushing rack densities well past historical norms, and a large share of that capacity sits in water-stressed states. Almost none of the public conversation about what any of it consumes is happening in India.
This is the first Indian gathering built entirely around that question — and around the other half of it, which is what AI is genuinely good for when pointed at energy, water, materials and the built environment.
A single track is a commitment, not a constraint. Your session is the session.
The programme
Energy, carbon and water accounting for AI systems. Measurement standards and the SCI specification. Efficient models: right-sizing, distillation, quantisation, inference economics. Data centres, cooling and the grid. Water in a stressed basin. Disclosure, regulation, and what boards will be asked next year.
Energy systems and grid intelligence. Agriculture, food and water. Mobility and supply chains. The built environment and urban systems. Industrial decarbonisation. Nature, resilience and early warning. Climate finance, skills and public policy. Closing with the GreenMind finalists.
Speakers are drawn internationally; the audience is Indian and regional. Full programme and speaker announcements from October 2026.
Who is in the room
| Segment | Why they come |
|---|---|
| Engineering and platform leaders | CTOs and heads of ML being asked what their models cost to run, with no defensible answer yet. |
| Sustainability and ESG | Heads of sustainability and disclosure for whom AI has just become a material line in the report. |
| Data centre and infrastructure | Operators, colocation providers and utilities dealing with load growth, cooling and water in real time. |
| Policy and public sector | Regulators, standards bodies and public institutions writing the rules that will apply to all of the above. |
| Research and academia | Faculty and researchers, including the Sir MV School of Architecture cohort working on the built environment. |
| Founders and investors | Climate-tech founders and funds looking for what is real — including the GreenMind finalist cohort. |
Partnership
Four tiers against a ₹50 lakh programme budget. In-kind partnerships — venue, AV, hospitality, travel, streaming — are welcome and additional to the cash tiers.
| Tier | Investment | Slots | Headline benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Title Partner | ₹15,00,000 | 1 | Naming, opening keynote, a named session, six delegate passes, private roundtable with speakers, co-branded report. |
| Presenting Partner | ₹7,50,000 | 2 | Main-stage speaking slot, a named session, four delegate passes, exhibition presence. |
| Session Partner | ₹2,00,000 | 5 | Own one session on the single track — the whole room, not a breakout. Panel or fireside seat. |
| Community Partner | ₹1,00,000 | 10 | Exhibition table, two delegate passes, logo on site and in the post-summit report. |
Before the Summit
The GreenMind Sustainable AI Hackathon runs 1–15 November 2026, on the same measurement discipline the Summit is built around. Twenty-five finalist teams present in Bengaluru in November. Ten to fifteen of them, selected on business merit, pitch to investors and incubators on the main stage. They arrive having spent three months proving their numbers — a rather different proposition from the usual pitch session.
Delegate registration opens in January 2027. Leave your details and we will tell you when the programme, the speakers and the pricing are confirmed.
Strategic PartnerSir MV School of Architecture, Bengaluru
Organised by
Green Computing Foundation
GCF Academy
Sustainable AI Center of Excellence
Strategic Partner
First edition. Venue, programme, speakers and tier values are the organising committee's working plan and subject to confirmation.
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