The 2024 shortlist for this category is as follows:

• Bevan Slattery, Serial Entrepreneur
• Erick Hadi, Founder, Nusantara
• Frank Kong, Partner and CFO, DCConnect Global
• Manoj Paul, Managing Director, Equinix India
• Tho Lye Yit, Vice President, Design APAC, Bridge Data Centers
• William Wei Huang, Founder, Chairman & CEO, GDS Holdings