Hyperscalers Grab Limelight at W.Media’s South Asia Cloud & Data Center Awards 2021 Ceremony

December 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM GMT+8

They came, they saw and yes…they conquered. South Asia’s leading IT honchos gathered at the St. Regis for W.Media’s South Asia Cloud & Data Center Convention as well as the South Asia Awards 2021 ceremony. Together they held a light for the industry which by and large was significant in ensuring that our lives are disrupted the least.

Manoj Paul, Managing Director, Equinix India, collecting his award from Navin Andrade, GM for South Asia, W.Media

South Asia has seen some of the most dramatic and rapid developments in the cloud and IT industries over the past 18 months.

The role of data centres as the engine behind the success of businesses and livelihoods cannot be understated. W.Media held the South Asia Award Ceremony which was the most comprehensive and in-depth in recognising the efforts and the contribution made by the organisations and thought leaders.

Winner of Digital Transformation Category – Team from State Bank of India

The Awards consisted of various categories which included Sustainable Design & Build, Cloud Consolidation & Migration, Energy Efficient Innovation, Hyperscale Innovation (Automation), Internet Exchange Expansion & Innovation, Digital Transformation, MultiCloud Management, Cybersecurity Implementation, Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), Datacenter Operations Team, Datacenter Service & Maintenance Team, Business Leader, Business Leader, Technology Leader, Technology Leader.

The Awards went through a stringent selection process and was evaluted by close to 40 international industry professionals. More than 300 technology leaders from the industry had gathered for these two pivotal events in India.

W.Media congratulates all winners for the 2021 South Asia Awards Series and will return in 2022 for more elaborate celebration.

The full list of winners as below. 

Category Winner
Top 7 APAC Business Leaders Sunil Gupta
Yotta Infrastructure,
Co-founder and CEO
Top 7 APAC Business Leaders Sanjay Bhutani
AdaniConneX
Senior Vice President
Top 7 APAC Technology Leaders Dr. Asif Naimur Rashid
Robi Axiata
Chief Information Officer
Top 7 APAC Technology Leaders Avinash Velhal
ATOS Global IT Solutions & Services
CIO, Growing Markets RBU IT
The remaining 5 winners for each category will be announced at the Asia Pacific Cloud & Datacenter Awards on 1st December 2021 in Singapore
Category Winner
Datacenter Operations Team CtrlS Datacenters
Datacenter Service & Maintenance Team OCS Group India
Energy Efficiency Innovation STT Global Data Centres India
Hyperscale Innovation (Automation) Yotta Infrastructure
Internet Exchange Expansion & Innovation Web Werks India
Sustainable Design & Build Dialog Axiata
Cloud Consolidation & Migration MPHASIS
Cybersecurity Implementation NTT Ltd
Digital Transformation State Bank of India
MultiCloud Management Equinix India
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) RAILTEL CORPORATION OF INDIA
Congratulations to all winners!

Join W.Media’s Singapore Cloud and Datacenter Convention 2021 & Asia Pacific Awards Ceremony and Gala at Marina Bay Sands on 1st December 2021 to find out the latest issues and innovation that concerns your digital infrastructure.