What's Impacting Data Centers Today And Tomorrow? - Critical Facilities Summit General Session

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For most types of buildings, the rules of the game don't change very often. But for data centers, it seems that every year or two brings a development that has a major impact on the operation of data center facilities. The past few years have seen the widespread use of such game changers as virtualization, containment, PUE, and shifts in the acceptable temperature ranges for data centers - developments that have brought major gains to the data centers that have adopted them. What will the next few years bring? This fast-paced session will take a look at developments that are right around the corner and ones that are coming down the road - developments that will have a major impact on such essential data center performance parameters as capacity and energy consumption. Find out about developments in both IT and facility technology, along with new guidance from key industry groups ASHRAE and the Green Grid, so that you can be prepared for the game changers that are on the way.

Chris Crosby
Founder and CEO
Compass Datacenters

Chris Crosby is a recognized visionary and leader in the datacenter space and the founder and CEO of Compass Datacenters. Chris has over 20 years of technology experience and over 10 years of real estate and investment experience. Previously, Chris served as a senior executive and founding member of Digital Realty Trust. Chris was Senior Vice President of Corporate Development for Digital Realty Trust, responsible for growth initiatives including establishing the company's presence in Asia. Prior to this role, Chris was the Senior Vice President of Sales and Technical Services with international responsibilities including sales, marketing, design, construction, technical operations and customer service. Prior to the initial public offering of Digital Realty, Chris was founder and managing director of Proferian, a company which was responsible for marketing and sales within the GI Partners portfolio with an emphasis on technology-related leasing including colocation. Proferian served as an operating platform for GI Partners and was rolled into the IPO for Digital Realty Trust. Prior to Proferian, Chris served as a consultant for CRG West, now Coresite. For the first ten years of his career, Chris was active in international and domestic sales, sales management and product development at Nortel Networks, a major supplier of products and services that support the Internet and other public and private data, voice and multimedia communications networks. Mr. Crosby received a B.S. degree in Computer Sciences from the University of Texas at Austin.

David Quirk, PE, LEED AP, CEM
Vice President and Principal
DLB Associates

David Quirk, P.E., provides a variety of engineering and facilities services including Building Management Systems, commissioning and design services for energy and building management supporting the commercial building industry worldwide. In his former role at Verizon Wireless Network, David was responsible for managing the design and construction of the organization's critical network facilities throughout the United States. David is licensed PE and a LEED AP. He is a past Chapter President of ASHRAE, a voting member on NFPA-76 and NFPA-75, and a voting member and Chair of ASHRAE TC9.9.

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