OUR STRENGTH LIES IN THE VISIBLE PRESENCE OF DATA CENTRE OPERATORS AND HYPERSCALE COMPANIES WHO TRUST US TO PROVIDE INSIGHTS ON ISSUES LIKE HIGHER RACK DENSITIES, RETROFITTING, AND NEW TECH PIPELINES. have top-tier speakers, and overseeing all aspects to deliver high-quality experiences. I’ ve been in this role for two years, becoming fully dedicated in September. With over 20 years in the telecoms and infrastructure industry, including nearly nine years at GSMA, I’ ve worked across various sectors like data centres, fibre, towers, and mobile connectivity. It’ s exciting to now be at Datacloud, at the forefront of industry change.
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Could you briefly describe your role at Datacloud and your journey to this position?
My role involves setting the strategic direction for our events, ensuring we
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OUR STRENGTH LIES IN THE VISIBLE PRESENCE OF DATA CENTRE OPERATORS AND HYPERSCALE COMPANIES WHO TRUST US TO PROVIDE INSIGHTS ON ISSUES LIKE HIGHER RACK DENSITIES, RETROFITTING, AND NEW TECH PIPELINES. have top-tier speakers, and overseeing all aspects to deliver high-quality experiences. I’ ve been in this role for two years, becoming fully dedicated in September. With over 20 years in the telecoms and infrastructure industry, including nearly nine years at GSMA, I’ ve worked across various sectors like data centres, fibre, towers, and mobile connectivity. It’ s exciting to now be at Datacloud, at the forefront of industry change.
Our aim for Datacloud events is quality over quantity. We only host a few standalone events each year because we focus on providing a platform where data centre operators and hyperscale companies can have productive meetings and access content that genuinely helps shape their strategies and advance their businesses.
Datacloud has expanded significantly. What challenges does this growth present for your team?
The recent growth has been considerable, with over a thousand C-level attendees and more than 1,200 data centre operators at our last event. The expansion was also seen across equipment vendors, professional services, finance and power sectors. Our Brussels event in March helped us engage with European grid operators and policymakers, which was exciting to bring to Cannes.
While the scale was larger than anticipated, we’ re pleased because it reflects the influence we aim to deliver. We prioritised ensuring the numbers aligned with our goal of providing valuable connections and content. We also focused on our‘ Talent in tech’ [ BY1 ] initiative, offering free passes [ BY2 ] for university students and earlycareer professionals in digital infrastructure. This commitment to nurturing future industry leaders is as important to us as supporting current business objectives.
How is Datacloud promoting diversity within the data centre industry?
We’ re very proud that our recent speaker lineup featured 25 % female representation on stage, which is above the industry average. This is something we take seriously. We actively encourage nominations through a‘ nominate a female speaker’ form on all our platforms. This year, we subtly introduced an all-female keynote session, recognising the importance of
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