DEEP DIVE
What do you currently identify as the major areas of investment in your industry ?
Sustainability is key and I think several global events over the last few years – from extreme weather to war – have shown just how important it is that changes are made and that these changes are made sooner rather than later . Seemingly unlinked events can have catastrophic consequences for many industries – just look at the cost of energy . I can ’ t think of many industries , certainly ours , that aren ’ t severely affected . Investment is required to lessen the impact of such events in future and the focus on sustainability is vital – again I can link this back to what I do with liquid cooling and the ability to save huge amounts of energy and water .
What are the region-specific challenges you encounter in your role ?
From a technical standpoint , it would be climatic conditions that I encounter within my role , sometimes this can be of great benefit given liquid cooling can be almost agnostic to conditions until you start hitting major extremes . From a personal perspective , working in a truly global business it ’ s always a challenge staying on top of time zones with
I ’ VE ALSO RECENTLY TAKEN UP KAYAKING , WHICH I ’ VE FOUND TO BE A GREAT WAY OF UNWINDING .
both colleagues and customers , particularly when you ’ re trying to bring together the UK , Singapore and the US ’ West Coast .
What changes to your job role have you seen in the last year and how do you see these developing in the coming months ?
I ’ ve been a home worker since before the pandemic so that in itself wasn ’ t a huge change , however , not being able to meet in person or travel for events globally was noticeable .
My working style depends on getting to know people to understand what drives them and it ’ s so hard to do over video calls . At the time you don ’ t think it ’ s affecting you but since I ’ ve started to get back out in the world , I ’ ve realised how much I ’ ve missed the face-to-face interactions .
There are some really exciting things going on at Iceotope so the next year is going to be busy but , with travel ramping up again , I ’ m excited to see what the future holds . � www . intelligentdatacentres . com
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