Rackspace Technology names Pranav Nambiar SVP and GM for AI Infrastructure

Rackspace Technology appointed Pranav Nambiar as Senior Vice President and General Manager for AI Infrastructure. The move places leadership for Rackspace’s AI infrastructure offerings under a single executive, with the role described as covering infrastructure, operating model, partnerships, and go-to-market strategy.

The announcement links enterprise AI scaling from pilots to production with a shift from raw capacity toward governed compute, including sovereign environments and compliance by design. It frames the appointment as part of Rackspace’s investment in that infrastructure layer.

Rackspace’s stated focus is a governed, model-agnostic operator of AI in production for regulated and mission-critical enterprises. Nambiar’s responsibilities were described as leading infrastructure and the operating model supporting sovereign and compliant execution at scale.

Nambiar was said to bring more than two decades of experience architecting technology ecosystems and to have held leadership roles at Amazon Web Services, DigitalOcean, Google, and Microsoft. Gajen Kandiah, CEO of Rackspace Technology, said, “Enterprise AI has moved past the question of which model to use. The hard problem now is the infrastructure and operating discipline around the model: governed, sovereign, compliant and running in production at scale,” said Gajen Kandiah, CEO of Rackspace Technology. “Pranav has spent his career building and scaling AI and cloud platforms at hyperscale, and he knows what it takes to run AI as a reliable operation rather than a pilot. His leadership will accelerate the infrastructure, operating model and partnerships behind sovereign, compliant and enterprise-ready AI for our customers. I am delighted to welcome him to Rackspace.” Nambiar said, “Rackspace has something rare in this market: real infrastructure, deep operational experience and the trust of enterprises in the most demanding regulated sectors,” said Nambiar. “The next phase of enterprise AI will be won in production, and I look forward to building the platform that gets customers there.”

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