Dalmar Sheikh

Dalmar Sheikh has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of ESR Data Centres, effective September 1, 2026, based in Singapore. He will lead the data centres business with responsibility for its strategy, performance and next phase of growth, and will oversee the continued expansion of ESR's digital infrastructure platform to meet increasing demand from hyperscalers and enterprise customers in Asia Pacific.

Sheikh brings more than 20 years of experience across data centers, digital infrastructure and technology. He earned a Bachelor of Commerce in International Business from the University of Northern British Columbia (1995-1998).

Career history

• Chief Operating Officer, CtrlS Datacenters
• Senior leadership position at DataSphere Advisory, A Blackstone Portfolio Company
• Director, Global Head of Data Centre Operations at Actis (appointed February 2022)
• APAC Director & Regional Leader at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he was responsible for the development of the company's platforms in Asia and Pacific, launched AWS coverage in South Africa, and was head of AWS infrastructure operations for Japan
• Managing Director at Epoch Digital

What Dalmar Sheikh could bring to ESR Data Centres: Sheikh's appointment reflects ESR's continued investment in leadership and capabilities as it scales its integrated real assets platform across Asia Pacific. His extensive background in infrastructure operations at hyperscale cloud providers combined with his recent experience scaling data centre platforms at Actis positions him to accelerate ESR's 3.2 GW data centre pipeline across major APAC markets including Japan, South Korea and Australia.