ON AIR

The data centre industry itself has grown faster than the talent pool, meaning there aren’t enough people, so we have to be more open to new things. Whether that's allowing different skill sets to come into the sector or looking to different demographics and different geographies for talent.”

Interestingly, this improved communication and cross-industry transparency is also key, Davis believes, in tackling data centres’ other biggest challenge: sustainability.

“For the challenges around sustainability and power, it all comes back to collaboration. Before, everything was a secret. You'd never see a data centre organisation working with another one, it just didn't happen,” says Davis.

“Whereas now, there's a lot of great programmes globally, with organisations working together to try and solve a specific problem. What I see most, relating it back to the podcast, is that, now these conversations are happening, everyone is happy to share what they're doing.”