Modern data centers can run on no water consumption: Vertiv CEO
Albertazzi pushed back on the water-use criticism of AI data centers, saying modern designs can be built to consume no water, and discussed the constraints on the AI buildout.
Giordano Albertazzi
CEO & Director, Vertiv Holdings Co (VRT)
The CEO view
CEO since 2023. Former President Americas and EMEA. 20+ years at Vertiv/Emerson Network Power.
Podcasts, interviews & articles
4 recorded appearances
2026
The way data centers are made is changing, says Vertiv Holdings CEO Giordano Albertazzi
With Jim Cramer, he argued the physical design of data centers is being rebuilt around AI power density and described the state of demand for Vertiv's power and cooling gear.
The Race to Power the AI Boom with Giordano Albertazzi, CEO, Vertiv | PTC Interview
A longer-form conversation on how AI is reshaping the world's power systems and where the bottlenecks sit between grid, plant and rack.
Vertiv CEO Albertazzi: We've been growing capacity in liquid cooling very rapidly
Speaking from Nvidia's GTC conference in San Jose, he said Vertiv has been scaling liquid-cooling capacity rapidly and gave the company's outlook.