Chris Crosby

Chris Crosby is the CEO and founder of Compass Datacenters. Chris has over 20 years of technology experience and over 10 years of real estate and investment experience. Previously, Chris served as a senior executive and founding member of Digital Realty Trust. Chris was senior vice president of Corporate Development for Digital Realty Trust, responsible for growth initiatives including establishing the company’s presence in Asia.

Unconventional Wisdom

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?

Examining the relationship between data centers and the S&P 500

Chris Crosby

November 8, 2021

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Somewhere out there are the tech barons of the future, and we can only wait to see who they will be.

Unconventional Wisdom

Data Centers Go to College

Developing the next generation of data center professionals

Chris Crosby

October 8, 2021

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What should your organization be doing to foster education programs and train the next generation of data center professionals?

Unconventional Wisdom

A Proactive Approach to Physical Security

Four security layers that should be part of every data center strategy

Chris Crosby

August 10, 2021

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There are four security layers that should be part of every data center company’s strategy: perimeter security, monitoring and detection, access controls, and security personnel.

Unconventional Wisdom

Trusting ‘Zero Trust’ Security

A safer way to the future

Chris Crosby

July 1, 2021

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A zero trust mode of operation, as the name implies, requires users to continue to pass security protocols for each area they wish to access.

Unconventional Wisdom

Preserving a Precious Resource

Looking at water usage today to plan for tomorrow

Chris Crosby

May 14, 2021

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As water becomes increasingly scarce, more attention will continue to be aimed at developing less-water intensive cooling alternatives for data centers.

Unconventional Wisdom

Bringing Utility-Level Reliability to Data Centers

Applying checklist rigor

Chris Crosby

March 11, 2021

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Standardized design and operation lend themselves to repeatable processes that can be built into a checklist to avoid downtime.

Unconventional Wisdom

Building on the Edge

You can help your site from failing

Chris Crosby

February 3, 2021

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Like so many things, when it comes to data centers, you get what you pay for.

Unconventional Wisdom

The Race to the Edge

It’s not the direction, it’s the velocity

Chris Crosby

November 6, 2020

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When it comes to the edge, I think we all tacitly believe the answer to the business model issue is a question composed of equal parts of how and when.

The COVID Conundrum: Solutions to the new normal

Chris Crosby

September 17, 2020

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Traditionally, commissioning involves a team of 20 to 25 people crowding into confined spaces to monitor equipment and sensors — a thing of the past … for now, at least.

Data Centers Among Most Essential Services

Unconventional Wisdom

Data Centers Are Among the Most Essential Services

A glimpse into a post-COVID world

Chris Crosby

June 4, 2020

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Although data centers are the foundation upon which the internet rests, COVID-19 has demonstrated the reliance on them isn’t limited to the needs of each provider’s customers but rather collectively, in terms of the applications they provide and the end users they support

Chris Crosby

ARTICLES

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?

Data Centers Go to College

A Proactive Approach to Physical Security

Trusting ‘Zero Trust’ Security

Preserving a Precious Resource

Bringing Utility-Level Reliability to Data Centers

Building on the Edge

The Race to the Edge

The COVID Conundrum: Solutions to the new normal

Data Centers Are Among the Most Essential Services

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