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DEEP DIVE
How do you deal with stress and unwind outside the office ?
I go to the gym regularly , cycle on the road or on the Peloton and enjoy offshore sailing . I can ’ t do these activities and email or phone at the same time , so they provide a true mental break from office activities and allow thinking time which we so often don ’ t make space for in our busy daily lives .
What do you currently identify as the major areas of investment in your industry ?
The power infrastructure is a really important area of investment . Countries need to take future power needs seriously if they want to attract technology companies that employ thousands of people , boosting the economy . Everything starts with power and not enough is being done to put this bedrock resource in place .
What are the region-specific challenges you encounter in your role ?
We are currently embarking on pan-European growth , so this is a timely question . The key challenge is recruiting good people in the country to help us overcome local challenges that come with setting up live operations in that new country .
We seem to be attracting the right talent , but as we start to build and deploy , the concern is if there is enough good talent for an industry that has never
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been very good at promoting itself as a career option to the wider technology world and beyond .
What changes to your job role have you seen in the last year and how do you see these developing in the coming months ?
There is so much demand for data centre space that business is less about selling and more about working with our customers to deliver what they need for ever-changing real-world requirements . We often fit out a data centre for a client only to be told halfway through that their needs have changed ( got denser or heavier , etc .) and we need to modify what we are already delivering . We see this a lot with data centre designs for GenAI workloads and it feels like our customers still aren ' t completely sure , but they know they need something different . This is where deep relationships with our customers and flexibility are key . � www . intelligentdatacentres . com
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