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Chris Crosby is the CEO and founder of Compass Datacenters. Before that, he was senior vice president of corporate development for Digital Realty Trust. He uses this column as a means to share his unconventional wisdom with the rest of the industry so the global growth can continue.
Rather than wax on about all the many things that impacted our industry this year and will shape it going into 2023, let’s focus on a big one: the shrinking availability of water.
Between 2002 and 2015, the Veterans Administration changed its policies to better assist veterans by more than doubling money spent on programs related to employment and education, the top two areas of need among veterans. Many large corporations stepped up to the plate too and started seeking out veteran hires. It worked.
Data released in November 2021 by the International Energy Agency shows the industry has done a tremendous job of serving needs without consuming more power. It’s a verified and impressive fact we can be proud of. And it’s time that we, as an industry, get a little more vocal about our accomplishments.
The data center industry is no stranger to esoteric arguments. I think we can all remember the days of pitched debate over things like “What is retail versus wholesale colocation?” and “What is modular, really?”