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datacenterHawk
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Helping people make the best data center decisions possible.
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Data Center Vietnam: From 15kW Racks to 100kW Requests
Tammy and May of STT GDC Vietnam on what changed inside a Ho Chi Minh City data center in one year: racks from 15kW to 30kW, 100kW liquid-cooled requests, and deals that now run on import law. Why Vietnam isn't short of power, why it needs a one-stop investment agency, and when its first…
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Data Center Power: India's 6-Cent Electricity Edge
Ankit Saraiya, Director & CEO of Techno Digital Infra Pvt. Ltd., on why power - not silicon - is India's real AI-infrastructure advantage: sourcing electricity near six cents, running Chennai on 98% renewables, a 102-city edge network on railway fiber, and why he says India has "no global match."...
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1H 2026 Market Breakdown
Mike Netzer and David Liggitt on the first half of 2026: 13.2GW leased in the US against 15.6GW for all of 2025, 1GW asks becoming 4GW asks, Europe's first multi-100MW quarter, 2GW leased across APAC, and why signed deals don't always get built. A global midyear market update from datacenterHawk....
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Data Center Demand: Built in Months, Not Years
Ronald Setiawan, Director of Operations at IndoData Data Centres, on the move to full Salim ownership: why local speed beats a two-year build, why he built south of Jakarta for cheaper power, why he's an operator who won't sell, and the ~2,000MW waiting in Bintan & Batam. 📊 Get more market...
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Data Center Strategy: Build for Everyone, Not One Tenant
Luke McKinnon, SVP & MD Asia at NextDC, on the strategy behind KL1 - Peninsular Malaysia's first Tier IV data center: why building for every segment beats single-tenant, why retail yields 3–4x hyperscale, the neo cloud “20MW in three months” problem, and a 150MW KL2. Recorded at DCD Connect APAC,...
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Data Center Scale: When 1 Megawatt Was a Big Deal
Chris Han, COO of MC Digital Realty (the Digital Realty x Mitsubishi JV) and head of Digital Realty Korea, on how AI is reshaping APAC data centers: why the "Asia follows the US" playbook broke, steel plants becoming data center sites, a 64MW Korea build, liquid cooling as the new default, and...
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Data Center Growth: Aragon Is Overtaking Madrid
Alejandro Fuster, Secretary General of the Spanish Data Center Association, on why Spain is one of Europe's hottest data center markets: 439MW operational at end-2025, Aragon set to overtake Madrid by 2030, a new grid law reshaping the pipeline, a ~55% renewable mix, and what the public actually...
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Data Center Delivery: From Contract to Go-Live in 8 Months
Nick Ning, VP of Data Center Solutions at Bridge Data Centres, on building AI capacity across APAC: delivering a live data center in 8 months instead of 18–24, why a gigawatt campus uses water equal to 50,000 households, how BDC runs 90MW of liquid and 10MW of immersion cooling, and why global...
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Data Center Growth Shifts to Asia's Power-Surplus Markets
Mayank Srivastava, CEO of BDx Data Centres, on building AI infrastructure across Southeast Asia: over 1 GW of power secured in Indonesia on signed PPAs, a 20-year-old Singapore site cut from a 1.65 to 1.35 PUE, why talent is the next constraint, and why he warns of "digital colonization" without...
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Data Centers in Latin America: A $250B Build-Out Begins
Tito Costa, CRO of Tecto, on why Brazil's data center market is about to shift. 60% of enterprise workloads are processed outside the country. Tecto is deploying $2B across five new facilities, including a 200MW AI factory in São Paulo. Plus: Porto Alegre as a Southern Cone gateway, tax reform…
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Data Center Growth Shifts South: Why Northern Mexico Is the Next Overflow Market
Juan Salazar, CEO of MDC Data Centers, explains how 6 border sites and International Fiber Crossings reshaped US-Mexico interconnection. LATAM holds only ~2.5% of 87GW global capacity. Cross-border traffic grows 30% YoY. Plus: MDC's cable landing hubs in Cancun and Veracruz for the Manta...
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Data Center Growth Shifts to APAC: Why Australia Is Next
Nauman Akhtar, Co-CEO of Insite DC, explains how a new Australasia-focused operator is building for the AI-driven data center wave. Backed by Halcyon Capital, Insite DC targets Melbourne and Sydney with bespoke, speed-to-market solutions. Plus: why they serve both Western and Eastern…
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Data Center Adaptive Reuse: From Printing Press to 50MW AI Facility in 90 Days
Patmos CEO John Johnson has never raised outside capital. His model: convert urban industrial buildings into AI data centers in 90 days. The company turned a 400,000 sq ft Kansas City printing press into a live training facility for Nebius and secured a $100M PACE loan to finance it. Johnson…
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Poland's Data Center Boom: 3.2GW, Below-€10M Builds, and Europe's Largest Energy Construction Site
📊 Get more market insights HERE 🤝 Speak with someone from our global data team HERE 💻 Book a platform demo HERE Poland is now Europe's largest energy construction site, with 38GW of renewables installed and a grid preparing for 5GW of data center capacity by 2040. Piotr Kowalski of the Polish...
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$1.5 Billion in 12 Months: Equinix's Unprecedented Brazil Expansion (Em português)
📊 Get more market insights HERE🤝 Speak with someone from our global data team HERE💻 Book a platform demo HERE (Em português) A Equinix investiu mais de US$3 bilhões no Brasil e está executando 4 obras simultaneamente, incluindo uma instalação focada em IA. Victor, Presidente da Equinix Brasil,...
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$85 vs $150 Per kW: Why Data Center Deals Don't Compare Anymore
Tenants who signed at $75/kW are renewing at $130-$150, and the headline rate no longer tells the full story. Ed and Montana Meyer break down powered shells, yield-on-cost deals, triple nets, and why a $15/kW pricing miss compounds into millions across a 100MW campus.📊 Get more market insights...
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Chile's Permitting Breakthrough: From 12 Months to 6
This episode is in Spanish. English + Spanish summary below. 📊 Get more market insights HERE 🤝 Speak with someone from our global data team HERE 🖥️ Book a platform demo HERE In this episode of datacenterHawk's Latin America podcast series, Analyst Daniel Correia and Regional Director Steve…
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Delivering Flexibility in Hyperscale Projects
📊 Get more market insights HERE🤝 Speak with someone from our global data team HERE 🖥️ Book a platform demo HERE At the Advancing Data Center Construction Conference, Mike Netzer of datacenterHawk sat down with Tobe Aguocha, Senior Director of Project Management at EdgeConneX. Their discussion...
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2026 PTC recap + Data Center Market Updates
📊 Get more market insights HERE 🤝 Speak with someone from our global data team HERE 🖥️ Book a platform demo HERE--- In the latest datacenterHawk podcast, Founder and CEO David Liggitt and VP of Sales & Marketing Mike Netzer unpacked key takeaways from the Pacific Telecommunications Council…
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Equinix Supporting LATAM's Cloud Strategies
📊 Get more market insights HERE 🤝 Speak with someone from our global data team HERE 🖥️ Book a platform demo HERE Latin America accounts for just 2.2% of the world’s data center capacity but represents one of the fastest-growing opportunities in digital infrastructure. While the U.S. and Asia...
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NTT’s Approach to Indonesia’s Data Center Growth
In a recent HawkTalk conversation, Donny Gunadi, Senior Insight Analyst for APAC at datacenterHawk, joined Agus Bintoro, Head of Sales for NTT Indonesia, to examine Jakarta's dynamic data center market. They discussed how a global player like NTT is adapting to a fast-commoditizing landscape,...
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Sovereign Compute: Securing High-Density Infrastructure
In today’s rapidly changing digital world, data centers are evolving to meet the massive demands of artificial intelligence. In this discussion, Donny Gunadi, Senior Research Analyst APAC at datacenterhawk, sits down with Bass Salah, Joint CEO of ResetData, at Chifley Tower in Sydney. Their...
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2026 Global Data Center Market Predictions
📊 Get more market insights HERE As we enter 2026, the global data center industry is at a critical turning point. Historic absorption rates over the past year have been driven by the growing demand for AI infrastructure. In this episode of the Data Center Hawk podcast, Founder and CEO David...
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Sovereign AI Strategies Driving Middle East Data Center Growth
David Liggitt, CEO of datacenterHawk, recently spoke with Tahir Gok, MENA Lead and Senior Analyst, about the dynamic growth of the Middle East’s data center industry. Their discussion highlighted the region's evolution from a telco-driven market to a global hub for AI and hyperscale development,...
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The Green Mountain Playbook for European Market Growth
The European data center market is rapidly evolving, driven by rising demand for capacity and stricter sustainability requirements. On the HawkTalk podcast, David Sandars, Regional Director EMEA at datacenterhawk, spoke with Mette Berger Gulbrandsen, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer at...
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Power, Policy, and Potential: The Future of Argentina's Data Centers
In a recent discussion, datacenterHawk's Regional Director for the Americas, Steve Sasse, sat down with Pablo Amarelle, General Manager of Zonasur, to explore the burgeoning data center landscape in Argentina. The conversation provided a detailed analysis of why Argentina, despite being the...
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Aligned on Powering Future Data Centers
The data center industry's approach to power is undergoing a major transformation. What was once a straightforward connection to the grid has become a complex, strategic challenge. At the Advancing Data Center Construction conference, Mike Netzer of datacenterhawk spoke with Tim Stephenson,...
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Powering the Future: How Nuclear Innovation Will Fuel the Data Center
In a recent datacenterHawk podcast, VP of Sales Mike Netzer spoke with Thomas Jam, Founder and CEO of Copenhagen Atomics, about nuclear energy's role in powering the growing data center industry. The discussion centered on next-generation thorium molten salt reactors, exploring their potential to...
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Inside Data4's Expansion: From Paris to Emerging Markets
In a recent episode of Hawk Talk, David Sandars, Regional Director for EMEA at datacenterhawk, interviewed Jérôme Totel, Strategy and Innovation Director at Data4. The conversation highlighted Data4’s nearly 20-year journey from its origins in France to becoming a major European data center...
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GeN+1 and the Future of Talent in the Data Center Industry
This episode of HawkTalks explores one of the biggest challenges in the data center industry: talent acquisition and leadership development. Moderated by David Sandars, EMEA Regional Director at datacenterHawk, the conversation features industry leaders Joseph Pavitt (NDY), Holly Fenner (GeN+1),...
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Inside SM+'s Partnership Strategy for Growth
In a recent datacenterHawk podcast, David Liggitt sat down with Herson Suindah, President Director & Group CEO of SM+, to explore Indonesia’s rapidly evolving digital infrastructure market. Their discussion highlighted SM+’s vision, the unique opportunities in the region, and the company’s...
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Indonesia's Role in Digital Infrastructure
The latest episode of the datacenterHawk podcast features Donny Gunadi, Senior Insight Analyst at datacenterHawk, and Hendrikus Gozali, Country Head of STT GDC Indonesia. They discuss Indonesia’s dynamic data center growth, highlighting innovation, scalability, and sustainability as key drivers...
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Inside Digital Realty and Bersama's Partnership
In this conversation, David Liggitt, founder of datacenterHawk, chats with Jon Curry, VP of Operations APAC at Digital Realty, and Krishna Worotikan, CFO of Digital Realty Bersama. Together, they explore the explosive growth in Indonesia’s data center market—fueled by digital transformation…
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OneAsia’s Unique Approach to APAC Data Center Growth
In the latest episode of the datacenterHawk podcast, Dedi Iskandar, APAC Regional Director at datacenterHawk, sits down with Darryl Chiew, Country Manager for Thailand and Singapore at OneAsia Network. The conversation delves into the dynamic growth of Thailand's data center market, OneAsia's...
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Why BW Digital Chose Batam Over Singapore
The latest episode of the datacenterHawk podcast dives into the evolving digital infrastructure landscape. Hosted by Donny Gunadi, Sr. Insight Analyst at datacenterHawk, the episode features Hamid Maani, Chief Sales Officer of BW Digital, discussing their innovative projects, philosophy, and the...
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Unpacking Mexico's Dynamic Data Center Market Growth
The latest episode of the Latin America podcast by datacenterHawk explores Mexico’s growing data center markets, focusing on Querétaro and Monterrey. Featuring insights from industry experts Steve Sasse, Regional Director of The Americas, and analysts Daniel Correira and Mafer Flores Segueda, the...
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Unlocking the Future of Data Center Connectivity with Telehouse
Get more market insights here:https://shorturl.at/QWTRt----In this episode of Hawk Talk, host David Sandars, Regional Director for EMEA at datacenterHawk, sits down with Mark Pestridge, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Telehouse Europe. Together, they explore how Telehouse—one of...
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The Future of Digital Infrastructure in Brazil
Get more market insights here:https://shorturl.at/QWTRt----In the latest episode of the datacenterHawk's Latin American podcast series, regional exemplar Steve Sasse and veteran analyst Daniel Correia shine a spotlight on the swiftly expanding data center market in Brazil. Known within the series...
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Adapting to the Dynamic World of Data Centers with Chris Downie, CEO of Flexential
Get more market insights here:https://shorturl.at/QWTRt----In our latest HawkTalk, David Liggitt interviews Chris Downie, CEO of Flexential, to explore the burgeoning challenges and opportunities within the data center industry. The discussion delves into Flexential's strategic adaptation to the...
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The Impact of AI on Data Center Design and Operations
Get more market insights here:https://shorturl.at/QWTRt----The world of data centers is evolving at a rapid pace, driven by technological advancements and the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). In our latest Hawk Talk podcast, Donny Gunadi, a Senior Insight Analyst at datacenterHawk, sits down...
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The Future of Data-Driven Growth in Southeast Asia
Get more market insights here:https://shorturl.at/QWTRt----In the constantly evolving world of data centers, Indonesia stands out as a burgeoning market ripe with opportunities. Recently, Donny Gunadi, Senior Insight Analyst from datacenterHawk, and Abieta Billy, Vice President of Marketing at…
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Unlocking the Future of Data Centers in Latin America
Get more market insights here:https://shorturl.at/QWTRt----In the dynamic world of data centers, Latin America is rapidly emerging as a pivotal location for growth and innovation. During the recent Capacity LATAM event in Sao Paulo, key insights were shared by Steve Sasse, Regional Director of…
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Navigating the Data Center Renaissance: Batam's Rise as a Strategic Hub
Get more market insights here:https://shorturl.at/QWTRt----In the dynamic world of data centers, the island of Batam, Indonesia is emerging as a pivotal player on the global stage. As the industry continues to evolve, insights into Batam's potential were brought to light in an engaging podcast...
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Spain Data Center Market Overview
Get more market insights here:https://shorturl.at/QWTRt----Welcome to the latest insight from datacenterHawk, where we delve into the exciting world of data center real estate. In this episode of our podcast, join David Sandars, our Regional Director for EMEA, and Luis Bravo, our Senior Insight...
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Colocation Data Center Evolution: Then VS Now
Get more market insights here: https://shorturl.at/QWTRt ---- In the latest episode of the datacenterHawk podcast, Mike Netzer, VP of Sales and Marketing, and David Liggitt, President and Founder of datacenterHawk, delve into the dynamic evolution of the colocation data center industry. This...
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Market Insights: Data Center Supply, Demand, and Pricing | datacenterHawk | North America | Ep 4
Get more market insights here:https://shorturl.at/QWTRt----In the fast-evolving world of data centers, understanding market dynamics is crucial for making informed decisions. The latest episode of the datacenterHawk North American regional podcast brings together, Montana Myer, Senior Insight...
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How Brazil is Redefining the Global Data Center Industry (recorded in Portuguese)
Get more market insights here:https://shorturl.at/QWTRt In a recent episode of the datacenterHawk podcast, we hosted an engaging discussion between Daniel Correia, our Senior Insights Analyst, and Renan Alves, President and Co-founder of the Brazilian Data Center Association (ABDC). The...
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Explosive Growth in Data Centers: Tokyo, Osaka & Seoul
The world of data centers may seem complex and overwhelming, but it's a critical part of our rapidly digitizing world. In our latest podcast featuring Joelyn Chong and Tom Flanagan, both Senior Analysts at datacenterHawk in the APAC region, we delve deep into the multifaceted landscape of data...
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Digital Transformation and the Rise of Indonesia's Data Centers
Exploring the Booming Data Center Landscape in Indonesia with EDGE DC and datacenterHawkIn today’s digital era, data centers have become the backbone of global connectivity, driving innovation across various industries. At datacenterHawk, we provide insights into the fast-evolving world of data...
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Hyperscale Data Center Evolution: Power & Development Shifts
📊 Get more market insights HERE 🤝 Speak with someone from our global data team HERE 🖥️ Book a platform demo HERE Welcome to the datacenterHawk podcast—a deep dive into the ever-evolving world of data centers and the exciting progress in hyperscale development. In this enlightening episode…
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