Digital infrastructure is a common term in the data center industry, but it wasn’t always. So, how did the industry evolve to the notion that technology is infrastructure? It’s been a long journey, buoyed by investment. To talk about the financ

Concrete Innovations at Compass Datacenters

Feb 1st, 2021 31m 45s

Nancy Novak, Chief Innovation Officer, Compass Datacenters is a firm believer that innovation comes in different forms, and she knows it’s people, processes and systems that drive innovations.

How an Industry Veteran Was Drawn to Compass Datacenters

Jan 22nd, 2021 33m 5s

Nancy Novak had made up her mind. She was retired. But, just like her last retirement, this one didn’t stick. This time, however, she was only out of the workforce for one day. After that brief interlude, Novak accepted her current role as Chie

2020 Year in Review: Digital Strategy Trends

Jan 7th, 2021 42m 39s

Haynes Strader, Vice President of Data Center Solutions, CBRE, returned to Not Your Father’s Data Center for a look back and assessment of one of the craziest years in recent memory. To summarize the market during the pandemic, Strader said, “C

A Career Path for Veterans in the Data Center Industry

Oct 29th, 2020 34m 35s

Lee Kirby, Cofounder and Chairman of Salute Mission Critical, wanted to use his 36 years of military experience to help veterans and their families. Drawing upon 30 years of information systems, strategic business development, planning and huma

Data Center Outlook for the European Market

Oct 23rd, 2020 47m 40s

To get a perspective on how the data center industry is faring in European markets during the pandemic, host Raymond Hawkins tapped Andrew Jay, Head of EMEA Data Centre Solutions, Advisory & Transaction Services for CBRE, to help him unpack wha

Adventures in Technology with DCD’s Peter Judge. Part 2.

Sep 3rd, 2020 28m 52s

In the second half of a two-part discussion on technology, Peter Judge, Global Editor for DatacenterDynamics, and host Raymond Hawkins turned their attention on the data center industry, the impact technology advancements have on it and the evo

Adventures in Technology with DCD’s Peter Judge. Part 1.

Sep 1st, 2020 35m 35s

Peter Judge may have started his education journey with a degree in physics from Cambridge University, but most will know him from his work as a writer in the technology space. His current role is as the Global Editor for DataCenterDynamics, an

How The Nuclear Energy Industry Has Taken Safety Seriously To Become A Viable Alternative To Fossil Fuels

Aug 13th, 2020 29m 38s

There may still be a stigma around nuclear energy, which can conjure up images like the eerie scene painted in the 2019 HBO mini-series about the Chernobyl disaster. The infamous Three Mile Island incident sparked a series of reforms, though, t

The Role Nuclear Energy Plays In Making Data Centers Go

Aug 6th, 2020 26m 50s

Energy use is always a topic that comes up when thinking about data centers and their role in society.As we’ve seen in the coronavirus pandemic, our society will need data centers, but the top two sources of energy used by the United States are

Sustainability is More than Green Power with Eric Dunford

Jul 21st, 2020 38m 12s

As governments and corporations look for ways to reduce their carbon footprint, Eric Dunford, Director of Sustainability for CarbonCure, knows of a solution to help these entities meet their needs when it comes to construction projects.Dunford

The Data Center World of CBRE with Haynes Strader

Jun 29th, 2020 32m 5s

Haynes Strader, Vice President of Data Center Solutions, CBRE, sees the market for data center needs flourishing, even during the pandemic. “It’s been an exciting and crazy 2020, and a challenging one for many of our clients,” Strader said. “

Necessity is the Mother of Innovation

May 27th, 2020 25m 23s

With data centers going up quickly all over the country, quality control and the commissioning process are vital steps to making sure everything is getting done correctly.Yet the typically high-touch process has been complicated by social dist

Why Water Use Can Be As Important As Energy Consumption For Data Centers with Pedro Sancha

May 22nd, 2020 29m 46s

When choosing a location, data centers often look for a location close to their end customers and one where there’s cheap electricity.Water was an afterthought, said Pedro Sancha, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Nalco Water, but t

The Myth of Data Center Inefficiency with Eric Masanet

May 4th, 2020 28m 19s

With their constantly whirring server fans and enormous cooling systems in cavernous buildings, data centers seem to be sucking up a lot of energy and contributing more than their fair share to climate change. But are they?Dr. Eric Masanet and

The Edge: Re-Architecting the Network with Phillip Marangella

Apr 24th, 2020 30m 45s

The United States' internet has been put to the test over the last six weeks, as almost the entire country has moved to streaming, learning and communicating from one wireless network.This increase in data need begs the question - what will ou

Keep Cool with Jamie Nickerson & Pedro Matser

Mar 24th, 2020 42m 12s

Pedro Matser started KyotoCooling some 15 years ago when he and his colleagues were asked by a data and telecommunications center in the Netherlands to find a more efficient process.“We sat down with a group of people to come up with an energy

Bounce Back 2020 with Buddy Rizer & Dave Liggett

Mar 19th, 2020 55m 27s

On this episode of the Not Your Father's Data Center podcast, guests Buddy Rizer and Dave Liggett join host Raymond Hawkins to look ahead to 2020.Rizer has been in the data center business since the beginning. Before he took the leap, Rizer to

What's Happening in 2020? – With Joe Goldsmith and Ty Miller

Feb 18th, 2020 23m 12s

Cloud computing appeared to experience a bit of a lull in the market in 2019. Raymond Hawkins, the host of Not Your Father’s Data Center and Chief Revenue Officer for Compass Datacenters, noted that the apparent 2019 lull came after a robust ye

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