Mumbai/Bengaluru, Nov. 7 -- It's boom time for data centres in India and their chief executive officers. Financials reported by India's top data centres reviewed by Mint show that as they raked in higher revenue, their chiefs were handsomely rewarded.

Manoj Paul, managing director of the Indian operations of Redwood City, California-based data-centre company Equinix, emerged as the top earner, taking home Rs.5.91 crore in annual pay, although this was down 13% from FY24.

While Equinix did not disclose if Paul's salary was tweaked because of equity-linked payouts, it coincided with the company reporting its slowest annual revenue growth since Paul took charge in September 2021.

Ashish Arora, CEO of Nxtra by Airtel, saw his remuneration ...