NEW YORK, NY, Jan 27, 2026 – Sharon AI has named co-founder and chairman James Manning as chief executive officer (CEO). Manning brings more than 20 years of experience across corporate finance, accounting, business, asset management, and operations, with a track record building over 300MWs of high-performance compute infrastructure in the US and Australia.
Mr. Manning holds a Master of Business (Finance) and a Masters in Property Development from the University of Technology Sydney, along with a Bachelor of Accounting from Australian Catholic University. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Company Directors (FAICD) and a Fellow of the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA).
Sharon AI co-founder and CEO, James 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.”
Sharon AI country manager – USA, Wolf Schubert, commented: “It has been a pleasure to work with the Sharon AI team over the previous 18 months, and with the recent sale of Sharon AI’s interest in Texas Critical Data Centers it was a logical time for me to assume the role of Country Manager – USA, a transition that enables James to step into the role of Chief Executive Officer. 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.”
Source: SHARON AI
About SHARON AI
Sharon AI is a high-performance computing company founded in 2021 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia. The company provides cloud GPU services, AI computing infrastructure, and data storage systems for organizations that run compute-heavy workloads. Sharon AI offers virtual machines, GPU-as-a-service options, and cloud capacity designed for AI training, machine learning development, and high-performance computing tasks. The company supports customers that work with generative AI, large-language models, and scientific or engineering simulations. Sharon AI serves businesses, research institutions, and government agencies that require flexible access to GPU clusters and sovereign cloud environments. The company designs its systems to support resource-intensive projects and to handle datasets in production or research settings. Sharon AI operates its services through an Australian data center and maintains infrastructure to support high-bandwidth networking, distributed training, and data lifecycle management. The company also provides workload management tools that help users deploy applications, manage storage, and allocate GPU resources for specific tasks.