Industry veteran to scale Refroid’s AI datacenter infrastructure business globally, leveraging India-based engineering and manufacturing
India – Apr 06 — Refroid Technologies, an India-headquartered datacenter infrastructure company focused on enabling next-generation AI and high-performance datacenters, today announced the appointment of Vijay Sampathkumar as Chief Business Officer (CBO). In this role, Vijay will lead Refroid’s global go-to-market strategy, partnerships, and business expansion, taking the company’s Make-in-India datacenter infrastructure innovations to international markets.
Vijay brings extensive leadership experience in the datacenter cooling and infrastructure ecosystem and has played a key role in advancing next-generation cooling technologies across emerging and high-growth data center markets. At Refroid, he will focus on strengthening strategic partnerships, accelerating adoption of advanced cooling technologies, and scaling the company’s presence across global AI datacenter ecosystems.
Satya Bhavaraju, CEO of Refroid Technologies, commented, “Vijay brings deep domain expertise and a global perspective on datacenter cooling and infrastructure technologies. As AI workloads drive unprecedented demand for high-density datacenters, Refroid is focused on building innovative infrastructure solutions from India for the global market. Vijay’s leadership will be instrumental in scaling our global go-to-market strategy and strengthening our position as an emerging innovator in AI datacenter technologies.”
Vijay Sampathkumar, Chief Business Officer, Refroid Technologies, said: “India is rapidly emerging as a global hub for AI and datacenter innovation. Refroid has a unique opportunity to build globally competitive, Make-in-India datacenter technologies from hybrid load banks to advanced liquid cooling and deliver these innovations to datacenters worldwide. I am excited to help scale Refroid’s global footprint and strengthen partnerships across the AI datacenter ecosystem.”
Prior to joining Refroid, Vijay served as Vice President & Country Manager – India and Southeast Asia at ZutaCore, where he led regional business expansion and drove adoption of direct-to-chip liquid cooling technologies across India, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.
At Refroid, his role will extend beyond cooling technologies to include the company’s broader portfolio of datacenter infrastructure innovations, including: Single-phase direct-to-chip liquid cooling (DCLC), Immersion cooling systems, Hybrid load banks & Advanced datacenter testing and validation infrastructure
In the initial phase, Vijay will focus on expanding partnerships with server OEMs, AI infrastructure providers, and datacenter operators, while accelerating adoption of liquid cooling technologies including single-phase DCLC and immersion cooling. Refroid will also position its hybrid load banks as a critical solution for testing and validating high-density AI datacenter infrastructure.
With engineering and manufacturing rooted in India, Refroid aims to leverage the Make in India initiative to build globally competitive datacenter technologies that support the growth of energy-efficient and sustainable AI infrastructure worldwide.
