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Nick Ning, VP of Data Center Solutions at Bridge Data Centres, on building AI capacity across APAC: delivering a live data center in 8 months instead of 18–24, why a gigawatt campus uses water equal to 50,000 households, how BDC runs 90MW of liquid and 10MW of immersion cooling, and why global demand doubles to 200GW by 2030. 📊 Get more market insights  HERE 🤝 Speak with someone from our global...

Mayank Srivastava, CEO of BDx Data Centres, on building AI infrastructure across Southeast Asia: over 1 GW of power secured in Indonesia on signed PPAs, a 20-year-old Singapore site cut from a 1.65 to 1.35 PUE, why talent is the next constraint, and why he warns of "digital colonization" without sovereign AI. 📊 Get more market insights  HERE 🤝 Speak with someone from our global data te...

Tito Costa, CRO of Tecto, on why Brazil's data center market is about to shift. 60% of enterprise workloads are processed outside the country. Tecto is deploying $2B across five new facilities, including a 200MW AI factory in São Paulo. Plus: Porto Alegre as a Southern Cone gateway, tax reform, and why $250B of opportunity turns competitors into collaborators. 📊 Get more market insights HERE...

Juan Salazar, CEO of MDC Data Centers, explains how 6 border sites and International Fiber Crossings reshaped US-Mexico interconnection. LATAM holds only ~2.5% of 87GW global capacity. Cross-border traffic grows 30% YoY. Plus: MDC's cable landing hubs in Cancun and Veracruz for the Manta consortium, delivering summer 2027. 📊 Get more market insights  HERE   🤝 Speak with someone from our glob...

Nauman Akhtar, Co-CEO of Insite DC, explains how a new Australasia-focused operator is building for the AI-driven data center wave. Backed by Halcyon Capital, Insite DC targets Melbourne and Sydney with bespoke, speed-to-market solutions. Plus: why they serve both Western and Eastern hyperscalers, and their JV strategy for Japan, Indonesia, and Singapore. 📊 Get more market insights HERE 🤝 Speak...

Patmos CEO John Johnson has never raised outside capital. His model: convert urban industrial buildings into AI data centers in 90 days. The company turned a 400,000 sq ft Kansas City printing press into a live training facility for Nebius and secured a $100M PACE loan to finance it. Johnson shares why the greenfield window is closed and which operators survive consolidation. 📊 Get more market in...

📊 Get more market insights  HERE 🤝 Speak with someone from our global data team  HERE 💻 Book a platform demo  HERE Poland is now Europe's largest energy construction site, with 38GW of renewables installed and a grid preparing for 5GW of data center capacity by 2040. Piotr Kowalski of the Polish Data Center Association breaks down what's driving the boom: below-€10M/MW builds, 50% lower...

📊 Get more market insights HERE 🤝 Speak with someone from our global data team HERE 💻 Book a platform demo HERE (Em português) A Equinix investiu mais de US$3 bilhões no Brasil e está executando 4 obras simultaneamente, incluindo uma instalação focada em IA. Victor, Presidente da Equinix Brasil, detalha os R$1,5 bilhão investidos em 12 meses, por que a reforma tributária sozinha não vai impedir...

Tenants who signed at $75/kW are renewing at $130-$150, and the headline rate no longer tells the full story. Ed and Montana Meyer break down powered shells, yield-on-cost deals, triple nets, and why a $15/kW pricing miss compounds into millions across a 100MW campus.📊 Get more market insights HERE 🤝 Speak with someone from our global data team HERE 💻 Book a platform demo HERE

This episode is in Spanish. English + Spanish summary below. 📊 Get more market insights HERE 🤝 Speak with someone from our global data team HERE   🖥️ Book a platform demo HERE In this episode of datacenterHawk's Latin America podcast series, Analyst Daniel Correia and Regional Director Steve Sasse speak with Francisco Basoalto, Managing Director of Equinix Chile and Peru, at Equinix's ST...

📊 Get more market insights HERE 🤝 Speak with someone from our global data team HERE   🖥️ Book a platform demo HERE At the Advancing Data Center Construction Conference, Mike Netzer of datacenterHawk sat down with Tobe Aguocha, Senior Director of Project Management at EdgeConneX. Their discussion offered a look into how EdgeConneX sustains its rapid growth while navigating the complex logistics o...

📊 Get more market insights HERE 🤝 Speak with someone from our global data team HERE   🖥️ Book a platform demo HERE --- In the latest datacenterHawk podcast, Founder and CEO David Liggitt and VP of Sales & Marketing Mike Netzer unpacked key takeaways from the Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) conference. Their discussion highlighted a maturing market facing rising demand, financing cha...

📊 Get more market insights HERE 🤝 Speak with someone from our global data team HERE   🖥️ Book a platform demo HERE Latin America accounts for just 2.2% of the world’s data center capacity but represents one of the fastest-growing opportunities in digital infrastructure. While the U.S. and Asia continue their rapid expansion, LATAM is on the brink of transformation, driven by regulatory changes,...

In a recent HawkTalk conversation, Donny Gunadi, Senior Insight Analyst for APAC at datacenterHawk, joined Agus Bintoro, Head of Sales for NTT Indonesia, to examine Jakarta's dynamic data center market. They discussed how a global player like NTT is adapting to a fast-commoditizing landscape, handling new competition, and driving sustained growth. The conversation emphasized NTT's strategy...

In today’s rapidly changing digital world, data centers are evolving to meet the massive demands of artificial intelligence. In this discussion, Donny Gunadi, Senior Research Analyst APAC at datacenterhawk, sits down with Bass Salah, Joint CEO of ResetData, at Chifley Tower in Sydney. Their discussion delves into the rise of "AI factories," the importance of sovereign cloud capabilities,...

📊 Get more market insights HERE As we enter 2026, the global data center industry is at a critical turning point. Historic absorption rates over the past year have been driven by the growing demand for AI infrastructure. In this episode of the Data Center Hawk podcast, Founder and CEO David Liggitt joins regional leaders Ed Socia (North America), David Sandars (EMEA), Dedi Iskandar (APAC), and St...

David Liggitt, CEO of datacenterHawk, recently spoke with Tahir Gok, MENA Lead and Senior Analyst, about the dynamic growth of the Middle East’s data center industry. Their discussion highlighted the region's evolution from a telco-driven market to a global hub for AI and hyperscale development, examining key drivers, market dynamics, and future trends across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and other e...

The European data center market is rapidly evolving, driven by rising demand for capacity and stricter sustainability requirements. On the HawkTalk podcast, David Sandars, Regional Director EMEA at datacenterhawk, spoke with Mette Berger Gulbrandsen, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer at Green Mountain, about the company’s journey from Norwegian mountain vaults to a pan-European operator...

In a recent discussion, datacenterHawk's Regional Director for the Americas, Steve Sasse, sat down with Pablo Amarelle, General Manager of Zonasur, to explore the burgeoning data center landscape in Argentina. The conversation provided a detailed analysis of why Argentina, despite being the third-largest economy in Latin America, has lagged in digital infrastructure and how recent shifts are p...

The data center industry's approach to power is undergoing a major transformation. What was once a straightforward connection to the grid has become a complex, strategic challenge. At the Advancing Data Center Construction conference, Mike Netzer of datacenterhawk spoke with Tim Stephenson, Director of Power Generation for Aligned Data Centers, to discuss the shift toward onsite power generati...

In a recent datacenterHawk podcast, VP of Sales Mike Netzer spoke with Thomas Jam, Founder and CEO of Copenhagen Atomics, about nuclear energy's role in powering the growing data center industry. The discussion centered on next-generation thorium molten salt reactors, exploring their potential to deliver scalable, cost-effective, and reliable energy. Jam delved into the innovations driving his com...

In a recent episode of Hawk Talk , David Sandars, Regional Director for EMEA at datacenterhawk, interviewed Jérôme Totel, Strategy and Innovation Director at Data4. The conversation highlighted Data4’s nearly 20-year journey from its origins in France to becoming a major European data center operator. Totel shared insights on market strategy, campus development, and tackling key challenges like po...

This episode of HawkTalks explores one of the biggest challenges in the data center industry: talent acquisition and leadership development. Moderated by David Sandars, EMEA Regional Director at datacenterHawk, the conversation features industry leaders Joseph Pavitt (NDY), Holly Fenner (GeN+1), and Hayley Godlieb (Equinix), who discuss how GeN+1 is redefining efforts to attract and nurture the ne...

In a recent datacenterHawk podcast, David Liggitt sat down with Herson Suindah, President Director & Group CEO of SM+, to explore Indonesia’s rapidly evolving digital infrastructure market. Their discussion highlighted SM+’s vision, the unique opportunities in the region, and the company’s strategic partnerships that are setting a new standard for data center development in Southeast Asia. SM+...

The latest episode of the datacenterHawk podcast features Donny Gunadi, Senior Insight Analyst at datacenterHawk, and Hendrikus Gozali, Country Head of STT GDC Indonesia. They discuss Indonesia’s dynamic data center growth, highlighting innovation, scalability, and sustainability as key drivers shaping Southeast Asia’s digital infrastructure market. Indonesia’s Digital LandscapeIndonesia is emergi...