Over 1,200 cloud and data center industry professionals thronged the Sahara Star Hotel to attend W.Media’s Cloud & Datacenter Convention on November 22. These included the crème-de-la-crème of India’s digital infrastructure industry including experts and thought leaders, C-level executives, architects, engineers and consultants (AECs), key buyers, decision makers, data center owners and operators.
The day-long convention culminated in a glittering awards ceremony, where W.Media honoured the excellence and expertise of data center providers and industry professionals from South Asia across three key areas: People, Planet and Projects.
Here’s the complete list of award-winners!
Projects:
1) Delivering the Edge: Pi Datacenters
2) Data Center Build & Design: CapitaLand
3) Network & Interconnect Initiative: Ramco Cements Ltd.
4) Digital Technology inside the Data Center: AdaniConnex
Planet:
1) Innovation in Energy Efficiency: Equinix
2) Sustainable Transformation Strategy: CtrlS Datacenters
3) Skills Development Initiative: ST Telemedia Global Data Centers, India
People:
1) Technology Leader: Hariharan Subramanian, Vice President-Information Technology, Shriram Properties
2) Technology Leader: Bipin Lokegaonkar, Head Cloud & OT Security Product Management, Tata Communications
3) Business Leader: Sridhar Pinnapureddy, CMD, Ctrls Datacenters
4) Business Leader: Seema Ambastha, CEO, L&T Cloudfiniti
5) Data Center Design & Engineering Team: ERO Power
6) Data Center Operations Team: Pi Datacenters
What else transpired at Mumbai CDC
Earlier in the day, the who’s who of the industry participated in several power-packed discussions at the plenary hall. Some veterans who graced the stage included Surajit Chatterjee (MD, CapitaLand Investment, Data Centre Group), Sharad Agarwal (CEO, Sify Infinit Spaces Ltd.), Vinod Javur (COO, Digital Edge DC), Vipin Shirsat (MD – India, PDG), Marc Betz (MD – APAC, RED), Brahmareddy Kasu (President – Datacenter Infrastructure, CtrlS Datacenters), Roy Samuels (APAC Director- Technical, CBRE), Andrew Green (Regional Data Centre Practice Lead APAC, JLL) and many more.
Simultaneously, at a special breakaway session titled CenterStage, industry experts came together as fellow technology professionals and friends to discuss the latest innovations and out-of-the-box solutions to some of the most pressing concerns facing the industry. Speakers included stalwarts like Sharad Sanghi (CEO, Neysa Network Pvt. Ltd.), Simon Lockington (Senior Director, Global Technical Sales Global Technical Sales, Equinix APAC), Pratap Mane (Country Head- India, Colt Datacenter Services), Kalyan Muppaneni (Founder & CEO, Pi Data Centers Pvt. Ltd.), Vipin Jain (President – Data Center, CtrlS), Rachit Mohan (APAC Head – Data Center Leasing & India Head – Data Center Transactions, JLL), Rohan Sheth (Head – Colocation, Data Centre Build and Global Expansion, Yotta Data Services) and many more!
CenterStage also saw a series of fireside chats featuring Santosh Warrick (Chief Fire Officer & Fire Advisor, Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation), Al Thornton (Global Business Market Manager, Fluorochemical Specialties, The Chemours Company LLC), and Vinod Javur (COO, Digital Edge DC).
What’s next for W.Media?
W.Media will host its APAC Awards in Singapore on December 5 this year. The awards gala will take place in W.Media’s South Asia & Middle East team, now has only one event to go for 2024, and that is the Saudi Cloud & Datacenter Convention, that will be held at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Riyadh on December 10. If you haven’t booked your passes yet, hurry! Click here to register, and learn more about the agenda, speakers, schedule, and session information. For sponsorship, exhibition and further involvement opportunities, get in touch at [email protected]
