Broadband Breakfast on September 11, 2024 - The Rise of Data Centers
Data centers are leaving an increasingly visible footprint on our environment
In the sprawling landscape of our digital age, data centers have emerged as the powerhouses fueling our online lives. With the nation currently witnessing an unprecedented investment in internet backbone, the data center industry is booming like never before. But this growth brings challenges: How can these digital warehouses keep pace with skyrocketing demand? What innovations are needed to support the next wave of technological advancement? As data centers become more integral to our economy, how will they reshape our cities and power grids?
Video Clip (2:52) on The Rise of Data Centers:
Panelists
- Hunter Newby, Owner, Newby Ventures
- William Thomson, VP of Marketing & Product Development, DC BLOX
- Melissa Farney, Director of Marketing, TECfusions
- Drew Clark (moderator), CEO and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast
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Hunter Newby is an American entrepreneur, investor, conservationist and the owner of Newby Ventures. His primary field of interest has been network infrastructure. As Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer and a Director of Telx, he pioneered the carrier-neutral Meet-Me-Room and the development of carrier hotels and data centers in the United States leading to massive value creation and economic development throughout the Country. Since the sale of Telx he has been and continues to be a founder, developer and investor in the creation of multiple network-neutral infrastructure businesses all across North America.
William Thomson heads the marketing and product management organization for DC BLOX, a multitenant data center operator in the Southeast US. He is a technology industry veteran having developed and marketed numerous enterprise software, Software-as-a-Service and cloud infrastructure products geared to B2B markets. Thomson has led strategic product planning, marketing and product growth for many leading technology companies including AT&T, NTT, Cbeyond, and Vonage. He has served on the Technology Association of Georgia Product Management Society Board, holds a Master of Science degree from Stevens Institute of Technology and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Rutgers University.
Melissa Farney is the Director of Marketing at TECfusions and runs the Data-Centered column for Mission Critical Magazine. Farney is an award-winning data center leader with nearly 20 years of experience in marketing digital technologies and holds degrees in Marketing, Economics, and Psychology from the University of Central Florida. Her expertise encompasses critical infrastructure, including data centers, as well as power grid technologies that prioritize sustainability.
Breakfast Media LLC CEO Drew Clark has led the Broadband Breakfast community since 2008. An early proponent of better broadband, better lives, he initially founded the Broadband Census crowdsourcing tool to collect and verify broadband data left unpublished by the Federal Communications Commission. As CEO and Publisher, Clark presides over the leading media community advocating for higher-capacity internet everywhere through topical, timely and intelligent coverage. Clark also served as head of the Partnership for a Connected Illinois, a state broadband initiative.
