DEEP DIVE
I run or bike every day for at
least 40 minutes. I go to a lot
of concerts, mostly classical
music. My wife wants to buy me
a large gerbil cage to run around
in. I’m also very involved with
the musical scene in Boston and
have been on the boards of many
orchestras, conservatories and
music schools. I’m also a serious
collector of minerals and crystals. I
gave a mineral hall to the Peabody
Museum of Natural History at Yale.
What do you currently
identify as the major areas of
investment in your industry?
The amount of data being generated
is growing very quickly. Our biggest
investments continue to be the capital
equipment necessary to store all our
users’ data. Clearly AI, genomics, facial
recognition, surveillance in general and
medical imaging are creating and using
huge amounts of data.
What are the region-specific
challenges you encounter in
your role?
Data sovereignty laws are proliferating
around the world.
This is forcing us to think about smaller
data centres in smaller markets. In most
countries, medical and financial data must
be stored within the country, for example.
What changes to your job role
have you seen in the last year and
how do you see these developing
in the next 12 months?
We have moved from being a
development company to a significant
operating company in the last two years.
My role has shifted from start-up mode
to operating mode, primarily lining up the
financing to fund our torrid growth. And
of course, strengthening our management
team bench. ◊
I BELIEVE THAT
DATA CENTRES
ARE GOING
TO HAVE TO
BE ABLE TO
OFFER MORE
VALUE-ADDED
SERVICES
SUCH AS
STORAGE AND
BARE-METAL
COMPUTE,
IN ORDER TO
SURVIVE.
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