Robin Khuda

Founder and CEO, AirTrunk

Robin Khuda is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AirTrunk, Asia-Pacific & Japan (APJ)’s leading hyperscale data centre provider, enabling the growth of the cloud and artificial intelligence in the region.

A visionary entrepreneur, Khuda observed the emerging growth of cloud adoption in APJ and anticipated the need for a local and independent hyperscale data centre platform to support the growing capacity requirements of large technology companies.

Khuda has led AirTrunk to be one of the fastest growing technology companies in the world. In 2024, a consortium led by Blackstone, the world’s largest alternative asset manager, and including Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), acquired AirTrunk in a A$24 billion transaction, investing alongside Khuda. At the time, it was the largest-ever data centre deal globally and largest deal in Australia in 2024.

Khuda has received global recognition for his leadership, entrepreneurialism, and influence.
In 2024 he took out the Australian Financial Review’s (AFR) top prize as joint ‘Business Person of the Year’ and won the ‘APAC Digital Infrastructure Leader’ Award at The Tech Capital APAC Finance Awards.