Inside Data Centre Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I am joined by Tony Grayson, General Manager at Compass Quantum. We discuss Tony's career in the data centre sector and try to answer the all important question - what is Edge? Tony started his career as a submariner before making the transition to the data centre sector. Tony shares how his experience gained leading a submarine helped him to make the transiti...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I am joined by James Rix, Project Director & Global CoP Lead for Data Center at Arcadis. James shares a great insight to his career in the sector and also offers his views on a number of key topics. James started his career via an apprenticeship and found his way into the data centre sector in 2007. After a stint working in the APAC region James made his way ba...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I am joined by Lee Smith, a data center consultant based in Northern Virginia, US. We discuss Lee's extensive career in the data center sector and a number of key topics in the sector today. Lee started his career in data centres in South Africa before making the move to the US. Lee shares how he developed his career and how the sector has evolved. The people...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I am joined by Andy Connor, Channel Director for EMEA at Subzero Engineering. Andy shares an insight to his career and a number of other discussion points within the data centre sector. Firstly Andy shares how he started his career and how he progressed to working in the data centre sector. Andy then shares his views on how the sector has changed across his career...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I am joined by Rhonda Ascierto, VP Research at Uptime Institute. We take a detailed look at the recently launched https://datacenterpathfinder.com/ and discuss why it is so important to the data centre sector. Firstly we discuss how Rhonda started her career and how she made the transition to the data centre sector. We also touch on diversity and how important it i...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I am joined by Paul Finch, Chief Operating Officer at Kao Data. Paul discusses his extensive career in the data centre sector and updates us on the latest news around the Kao Data platform. Firstly we cover Pauls career in the sector. Paul shares how he followed his fathers footsteps in to the world of construction and how he has progressed his career to his curren...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I am joined by Richard Dent, Sector Lead at Data centre recruitment specialists DataX Connect. Richard shares an insight to recruiting in the APAC region and also offers his advice on how you can secure an opportunity in this ever expanding market. Richard shares how he started recruiting in the data centre sector and how his experience working in Hong Kong has ben...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I am joined by Arun Shenoy, CMO & SVP Global Sales at Serverfarm. Arun has developed an excellent career in the data centre sector and he shares a great insight to how he was inspired to develop his career, and also offers his views on some key topics in the sector today. Arun shares what first inspired him in his school years and how he first entered the data...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I am joined by Tony Day, an independent data centre consultant with an extensive career in the data centre sector. Tony discusses how the sector has transformed across his career. Tony outlines how he first started his career in the sector and how his career developed. Tony shares an insight to his learnings across his career and how changes in the sector impacted...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I am joined by Adam Bradshaw, Commercial Director at ServerChoice based in the UK. Adam has extensive experience in the data centre sector and he shares a great insight to how the sector has changed and how it will continue to evolve in the future. Adam started his career as a technician before focussing on the sales and commercial aspects of the sector. He explain...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I am joined by Stephen Scott, CEO at Datalec Precision Installations. Steve shares a great insight to the data centre sector and also Datalec as an organisation. Steve shares how his early career in the Navy helped shaped his career in the data centre sector and within leadership positions. He outlines why apprenticeships are so important and how others can develop...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we are joined by Ricardo Pariente & Matias Menichetti from Hyphen. Ricardo & Matias are experienced architects within the Spanish & Latin American data centre markets.  Ricardo & Matias outline how they started their career in the architecture sector and why data centres is such a great industry for an architect. They also share an insight to why mo...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I am joined by Sunita Bottse, CEO of SUPERNAP Thailand. Sunita shares an insight to her career, SUPERNAP Thailand, the importance of Thailand as a region, and also the challenges of diversity in the sector. Sunita outlines how she first started her career and how she made the transition to the data centre sector. Sunita also shares some excellent advice on how you...

Send us Fan Mail In a special 'focussing on' episode we speak with Jeffrey Tay, EVP Strategic Partnerships at SpaceDC. Jeffrey shares the latest SpaceDC news updates from across the APAC region. Learn more about SpaceDC here - https://spacedc.com/ First up we discuss SpaceDC new development in Manila, Philippines. The 72MW project will be the largest hyperscale data centre in the region....

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I am joined by James Carmillet, Imogen Paton, and Dan Sheehan from Business Critical Solutions. We discuss the importance of apprenticeship schemes in the data centre sector. James outlines why BCS made the decision to invest in an apprenticeship scheme and how it has benefited them as an organisation. James outlines the process from how they find the candidates fo...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I am joined by Jon Eaves, Founder & CEO of Edge Centres based in Australia. Jon gives a great insight to the Edge Data Centre sector. Jon explains how he started his career and how he has progressed to establishing his own Edge Data Centre platform across Australia.  Edge Centres are a rapidly expanding edge data centre platform that has seen significant growth...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode I am joined by Amy Young, Sales Director at Custodian Data Centres. Amy gives a great insight to how she has developed a successful career in the data centre sector and also Custodian Data Centres as an organisation.  Amy started her career in recruitment before developing a successful career in sales. We discuss how the skills learnt in recruitment were transferab...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I am joined by Dan Pointon, Group CTO at ST Telemedia Global Data Centres. Dan is a leader within one of the fastest growing data centre providers in the world and he shares a great insight to his career and how STT GDC operate at such a rapid pace.  Dan outlines how and why he started his career in electrical engineering and how his career has progressed to CTO le...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I am joined by James Veness, Chief Customer Officer at Hickory Data Centres. James shares an insight to his career, Hickory Data Centres, and the general picture of data centre development within Australia. James outlines how he has developed his career and how he made the transition from the UK to Australia and finally in to the data centre sector. James also shar...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I am joined by John Booth, a specialist data centre consultant at Carbon3IT Ltd. John has an excellent reputation within the sector and market leading knowledge on sustainability and how it impacts the data centre sector. John explains how he started his career in networking and how this resulted in a career in the data centre sector. John also shares his views on...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I am joined by Andrew Stevens, President & CEO of CNet training. Andrew is very passionate about the data centre sector and he leads a market leading company within training and education.  First we discuss how Andrew started his career and why he created CNet training.  Andrew outlines how training has evolved across his career and why organisations are now pu...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I am joined by Patrick Quirk, CTO Nautilus Data Technologies. Nautilus are on a quest to change the data centre environment and Patrick is leading the technological developments. Patrick outlines how he started his career in technology and why he made the decision to join Nautilus. He also offers some advice on how others can develop a successful career and progres...

Send us Fan Mail In this weeks episode I am joined by Mike Halliday from ALET,  Mike Hook from LMG, and Candace Rose from UTC Heathrow. We discuss the recently established Digital Futures Programme, a data centre training programme specifically focussed on 14-19 year olds. Firstly we discuss why the Digital Futures Programme was established and how the idea came about. The programme enables young...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode I am joined by Vlad-Gabriel Anghel, Head of Product at DCPro Training. Vlad gives a great insight to the importance of training within the data centre sector. Firstly we discuss Vlad's career and how an interest in gaming and computers resulted in him studying computer science at university. Rather than following the normal route into software Vlad follo...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I am joined by Chad Harris, CEO of Whinstone Data Centers. Chad leads the team building North Americas single largest Bitcoin mining and hosting data center, based in Rockdale Texas. Chad is a serial entrepreneur and we discuss how his extensive career in business resulted in the creation of Whinstone Data Centers. Chad also shares some insight on why entrepreneurs...