BIOGRAPHY
Sunil Gupta, popularly known as the 'Data Center Man of India’ stands at the forefront of India's datacenter industry. An esteemed alumnus of Columbia University and NIT Kurukshetra, Sunil's 30+ yearindustry tenure has been characterized by his visionary leadership and innovative spirit, which havesignificantly propelled India's Data Center growth. His pioneering efforts have earned him a spot inData Economy's APAC 50 list, marking him as one of the top Global 100 influential personalitiesshaping 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 indigital transformation. The company offers a comprehensive suite of services including data centerhosting, 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 largestUptime 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 tobe India's first home-grown open source hyperscale Public Cloud platform. This initiative stands as atestament to Sunil's dedication to fostering a sovereign digital ecosystem, offering advanced cloudservices 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 tolaunch the Shakti-Cloud platform in India, by building an ambitious AI / HPC supercomputer based onNvidia’s latest generation GPUs to be delivered to research labs, start-ups and enterprises on a usagemodel. This partnership is set to democratize AI and HPC capabilities across a broad spectrum ofindustries, 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 hiscommitment to nurturing start-ups specializing in AI/ML, IoT, Big Data, and Analytics. As the Chairmanof ASSOCHAM National Council on Data Centers and the CII Cloud Summit, and member of NASSCOM'sWestern India Regional Council, Economic Times India Leadership Council and IMA CEO Forum; and asan avid, sought-after speaker at various Industry events, his influence extends across the IT servicesindustry.
The dual launches of Yotta's Yntraa Cloud and Shakti Cloud, besides the underlying Yotta Data centrecampuses and managed IT services are not just milestones in Sunil's career but are pivotal moments inYotta's evolution. They solidify the company's standing as a formidable force in the global cloudcomputing, AI and data centre domains, under Sunil's dynamic and transformative leadership.