Josh Snowhorn, CEO of Quantum Loophole: $200 Million Raised to Build the Backbone Infrastructure of a World Built on Data

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Josh Snowhorn, CEO of Quantum Loophole, a data center developer that’s raised over $200 Million in funding, about why laying the groundwork for building the critical data infrastructure driving our data economy puts them in a category without competition, and with great potential for growth into the future. Making sure the land, power, water, and other accouterments for building a data center are all in place ahead of time, Quantum Loophole gets things up and running at a scale and speed unrivaled in the industry.  We also speak about Josh’s 24 years in the technology sector, moving between a string of early tech companies and eventually landing in the data center development space, how a lucky choice to start remotely helped Quantum Loophole be better prepared for the coming covid pandemic, the transformation of the tech sector by learning-through-doing, and what it’s like to be in a market category without any competition.   Topics Discussed: Josh’s quarter century in the tech sector, what he’s learned and how trial by fire became his established strategy How founding a remote firm pre-pandemic helped prepare Quantum Loophole for a turbulent future Why the data center groundwork model finds such traction with their clients, and how Josh and his team developed the expertise to make it work What big data companies need to get their infrastructure up and running, and how a streamlined process means real added value What it’s like for Quantum Loophole to exist in a marketplace with no competition Why Josh and his team want nothing to do with the coin mining industry, and why they prefer to stick to industries without such dramatic price fluctuations