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Key takeaways
The roundtable sparked important conversations, highlighting the power of showing up, speaking out and inspiring the next generation of talent. Once the discussion had ended, we asked the panellists to give a roundup of what they had taken from the conversation.
Deborah Andrews referred to it as a‘ fascinating’ discussion, drawing upon the consensus of opinion. She also highlighted the need for education about the data centre industry and said without that, we’ re going to have a‘ big problem’.
Ben Cranham dived deeper into the key insights raised during the discussion and said the skills gap wasn’ t about a lack of interest in data centre careers – it was about creating meaningful opportunities and bringing to people’ s attention what those opportunities look like.
Matthew Underhill’ s key takeaway was the realisation that he needs to be the change and advocate for the
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industry to make people aware and drive interest from a young age.
Dr Umaima Haider said it isn’ t just about the shortage of skills, but about working together across academia and industry to build stronger talent pathways – it’ s about how we collaborate and keep the conversation going.
We kept the conversation going throughout the rest of the evening, during a networking session following the roundtable. We opened the doors to the wider data centre and infrastructure sector to welcome C-level experts wishing to connect with new faces and touch base with familiar ones. �
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