Robert Fernandez, director of economic diversification for Parkland County in Alberta, Canada, discusses how the ongoing energy market downturn in northern Canada has created a timely opportunity for data center companies in terms of land prices and availability, climate, existing infrastructure, and more. 

Jackson Metcalf, critical facilities leader for Gensler, discusses the critical facilities section of the annual report and how design can innovate these spaces.

Nabeel Mahmood, co-founder and CEO of Nomad Futurist and managing director of the Nomad Futurist Foundation, shares his insightful futurist perspective on the shifting patterns in how we learn and the new path to education we need to adopt to meet the challenge of training the next generation.

Garry Connolly, founder of Host in Ireland, discusses how data enhances society and cites some of the tools and education that we can provide to entire communities to participate in the circular economy.

Mike Jackson, director of products and data center software at Eaton, takes a deep dive into digitization. From implementation and cybersecurity challenges to sustainability and increased revenue opportunities, he covers it all in this episode of The Thought Cloud.

Bob Cassiliano, chairman and CEO of 7x24 Exchange Intl., and Brian Schafer, president of the 7x24 Exchange Intl. Metro New York chapter, discuss International Day Center Day (IDCD) in this episode of The Thought Cloud podcast. Together they educate listeners on the origin of IDCD, the various ways to participate in raising awareness of the data center industry, and how to inspire the next generation of talent.

Stephen Kowal, CCO at Nextivity, talks about how a lack of in-building cellular coverage hurts data centers and warehouses in this episode of The Thought Cloud.