Mark Hirst, now head of T4 Data Centre Solutions with Cannon Technologies, began his career after studying electronic control systems with an apprenticeship in industrial machinery. From then he has worked all over the world in fields as diverse as nuclear power plants and flood control – becoming expert in industrial networks, measurement and monitoring, and IT. In addition, now heading up Cannon’s T4 data center solutions portfolio, Hirst brings many additional skills including access systems, power management and control, thermo-electrics, and both water and direct-exchange (DX) cooling systems to the design and build of data centers and IT infrastructure projects.