New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- OpenAI has appointed former xAI executive and Indian-origin engineer Uday Ruddarraju to head its infrastructure and compute operations, in the latest change in leadership among teams responsible for scaling the company's data centre capacity.

Ruddarraju joined OpenAI last year and took on the role of chief technology officer for compute in July.

Sachin Katti, who previously led the infrastructure team, is set to step away from the position over the coming weeks. He will continue to be associated with the company as an adviser.

In an interview, Ruddarraju said he expects the transition to be smooth, citing his previous involvement with the infrastructure team's engineering, construction and technical operations, ac...