Sunil Gupta, popularly known as the ‘Data Center Man of India’ stands at the forefront of India’s data center industry. An esteemed alumnus of Columbia University and NIT Kurukshetra, Sunil’s 30+ year industry tenure has been characterized by his visionary leadership and innovative spirit, which have significantly propelled India’s Data Center growth. His pioneering efforts have earned him a spot in Data Economy’s APAC 50 list, marking him as one of the top Global 100 influential personalities shaping the future of the global data centers and cloud markets.
At Yotta Data Services, Sunil’s leadership has been instrumental in establishing a new paradigm in digital transformation. The company offers a comprehensive suite of services including data center hosting, cloud computing, managed IT, application modernization, connectivity, and cybersecurity. Yotta’s state-of-the-art hyperscale data center parks in Navi Mumbai (which is World’s 2nd largest Uptime Tier IV DC) and Greater Noida exemplify its unwavering commitment to excellence and scale.
Under Sunil’s guidance, Yotta has now embarked on an ambitious journey with ‘Yntraa Cloud’, set to be India’s first home-grown open source hyperscale Public Cloud platform. This initiative stands as a testament to Sunil’s dedication to fostering a sovereign digital ecosystem, offering advanced cloud services with an emphasis on cost-effectiveness and superior user experience, all fully engineered, developed, and operated within India.
Extending Yotta’s innovative horizon, Sunil is leading a groundbreaking collaboration with Nvidia to launch the Shakti-Cloud platform in India, by building an ambitious AI / HPC supercomputer based on Nvidia’s latest generation GPUs to be delivered to research labs, start-ups and enterprises on a usage model. This partnership is set to democratize AI and HPC capabilities across a broad spectrum of industries, thereby igniting a wave of innovation and growth domestically and internationally.
An active angel investor, Sunil’s involvement with the CIO Angel Network (CAN) highlights his commitment to nurturing start-ups specializing in AI/ML, IoT, Big Data, and Analytics. As the Chairman of ASSOCHAM National Council on Data Centers and the CII Cloud Summit, and member of NASSCOM’s Western India Regional Council, Economic Times India Leadership Council and IMA CEO Forum; and as an avid, sought-after speaker at various Industry events, his influence extends across the IT services industry.
The dual launches of Yotta’s Yntraa Cloud and Shakti Cloud, besides the underlying Yotta Data centre campuses and managed IT services are not just milestones in Sunil’s career but are pivotal moments in Yotta’s evolution. They solidify the company’s standing as a formidable force in the global cloud computing, AI and data centre domains, under Sunil’s dynamic and transformative leadership.
