Akshay Viradiya
Senior Staff Data Center Engineer, LinkedInAkshay Viradiya is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) and senior infrastructure leader specializing in large-scale, mission-critical data center power and cooling systems. With ~10 years of progressive responsibility, Akshay has led the design, delivery, and standardization of hyperscale data center infrastructure supporting multi-gigawatt cloud and artificial intelligence platforms. He is recognized for his technical depth, independent professional judgment, and ability to translate complex engineering challenges into scalable, reliable solutions that enable hyperscale and AI-driven infrastructure at global scale.
Akshay has held senior technical and managerial roles at leading technology organizations, LinkedIn and Amazon, where he has driven original engineering solutions, authored enterprise-wide design standards, and led cross-disciplinary teams delivering complex infrastructure at unprecedented scale. His work has enabled the accelerated deployment of Tier-III and Tier-IV data centers, delivering measurable cost savings, improved supply-chain resilience, and material reductions in execution and operational risk.
Akshay is currently leading the evolution of LinkedIn’s data center infrastructure to support next-generation workloads, including the transition from traditional air-cooled architectures to advanced liquid-cooled systems. His scope spans end-to-end strategy, engineering design, execution, commissioning, and operational readiness of mission-critical facilities.
He holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University and a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering with distinction from Charotar University, India. Akshay is committed to advancing the data center engineering through technical leadership, standards development, peer review, and mentorship, while remaining at the forefront of emerging power and cooling technologies shaping the future of digital infrastructure.
