LEX COORS

Meet the man committed to leveraging technology to help save the planet and advance humanity

With a career spanning more than 30 years, Lex Coors – in his roles at Interxion and Digital Realty –has supervised the design and build of more than 70 data centres, as well as developed 600,000 m2 of gross space.

As a pioneer in data centre design and management, Coors’ expertise centres around the designing of versatile, cost-effective and energy efficient data centre infrastructures; power ratio efficiency; and the modular approach to data centre architecture.

Coors’ peers in the industry hold him in high regard describing him as a ‘capable and professional engineer’and a ‘thought leader in critical infrastructure engineering’.

“There are very few people around who blend expertise and sheer common sense as well as Lex. Add to that a charming and friendly disposition and you have a trusted man amongst men,” said Ian Bitterlin, Retired.

Committed to leveraging technology to save the planet and advance humanity

Both inside and outside of his day to day job, Coors in his leading roles has been integral in the advancement of sustainability initiatives.

“We [Interxion] started looking into our sustainability strategy over seven years ago. Initially, we started looking at energy efficiency in 2009 and even before that, we called it our energy overhead. Now, we have been able to say that for a few years, 100% of our data centres are running on sustainable energy,” commented Coors when speaking to Data Centre Magazine in 2021.

“We are passionate about sustainability because you cannot design a data centre well without this understanding,” he added.

In appreciation of his efforts, Coors has been awarded iMasons’ Technology Champion award. The yearly award showcases and amplifies the outstanding contributions of leaders in the digital infrastructure industry, and who have led by example, achieving tangible and sustained results.

Lex Coors

TITLE: CHIEF DATA CENTER TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING OFFICER

COMPANY: DIGITAL REALTY

Lex Coors currently holds the position of Chief Data Center Technology and Engineering Officer at Digital Reality, and Visiting Professor at the University of East London.