Founder · Builder · Sovereign Cloud Architect

Piyush Somani

First-generation entrepreneur. Patent-holding cloud pioneer. President of BDIA. The man who built a sovereign hyperscaler from a kindergarten classroom in Nashik — and a billion-tree mission alongside it.

Piyush Somani · Founder, Chairman & Managing Director · ESDS Software Solution Limited

Founder, Chairman & MD

ESDS Software Solution Limited

President

Bharat Digital Infrastructure Association

Architect

EnlightAIX — Sovereign AI Hyperscaler

Author

The Fire Within · Living in Harmony with the Sun

21+

Years Building

19

Countries

3

Patents

6

Data Centers

450+

Banks

40k+

Customers

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Choose Your Doorway

Where would you like to begin?

— I —

The Story

Five folios of how a boy from Malkapur built India’s most trusted sovereign cloud — from a kindergarten classroom to a $1.26 billion sovereign GPU programme.

For seekers, students, journalists →

— II —

The Work

ESDS, EnlightAIX, three patents, six data centres, marquee clients across government, banking, and enterprise — and the SAI/SharonAI sovereign GPU partnership.

For investors, partners, customers →

— III —

The Movement

BDIA, Digital Swaraj, policy papers to MeitY, the upcoming Bharat Digital Samvad in New Delhi, and the ₹1,000 crore Sahibabad Green Data Centre with the Government of India.

For government, policy, media →

— IV —

The Mission

Project Green Connect’s billion-tree commitment, Academia 360, the daily Vipassana practice, the Satvic life, and an open invitation to the next generation.

For students, seekers, citizens →

“99% of people fail when they’re 99% close to the target.”

— Piyush Somani · Original · Now his email signature

Latest

What I’m thinking, building, and gathering for.

— Newest Video —

From the YouTube channel

Sundays · 8 PM IST

Long-form thinking on Vipassana, the laws of karma, the world’s great warriors, and what tomorrow’s technology will demand of us.

→ Watch on The Voice

— Next Event —

Bharat Digital Samvad 2026

20 May 2026 · New Delhi

BDIA’s first national forum on digital sovereignty and infrastructure policy. The agenda: an actionable roadmap for India’s digital infrastructure over the coming decade.

→ Read more on The Movement

— Reading Room —

Two Books, Years Apart

Memoir & Practice

Entrepreneur with The Fire Within tells the journey. Living in Harmony with the Sun tells how to live the body the way it was meant to be lived.

→ Visit The Books

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