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Sharon AI Appoints Co-founder James Manning as CEO

Jan 31, 2026 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Neocloud Sharon AI has reshuffled its senior leadership team, with co-founder and chairman James Manning taking over the CEO role from Wolf Schubert. Manning became CEO on January 23, having served as chairman of the company since its founding in 2024.

Commenting on his new role at the company, Manning said: "As co-founder and now CEO of Sharon AI, I’m thrilled to lead the company into its next phase of growth. We’ve built a strong foundation – with additional capital, key strategic partnerships, and surging AI demand – we’re well-positioned to deliver sovereign high-performance compute infrastructure at scale.

"I sincerely thank Wolf Schubert for his leadership over the past 18 months; his work has driven major milestones, and I’m pleased he’ll continue as Country Manager – USA to support our US development and Asia-Pacific hyperscale, AI lab, and global enterprise sales opportunities.”

Exiting CEO Wolf Schubert noted that his changing role is "logical" following Sharon AI's sale of its stake in Texas Critical Data Centers, which closed earlier this month.

He added: "This leadership alignment allows the business to focus on its core neocloud operations, delivering scalable, high-performance compute to research and enterprise customers throughout the Asia-Pacific region."

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