Construction Digital Magazine April 2021 | Page 49

T5 DATA CENTERS

“ We advise our customers on lowering the cost of their operations going forward by evaluating power and cooling systems and helping them design and procure the best system that ’ s going to use the least amount of energy throughout a data hall ’ s lifecycle ”

PETE MARIN , PRESIDENT & CEO , T5

“ The technology continues to improve and evolve , and it really comes down to the battery technology which I think will bring us to a point where we will see a huge reduction in traditional power sources . It ’ s going to be interesting to see how this develops because you ’ ve got some competing forces … You want to reduce carbon footprint and carbon emissions because this industry has a lot of generators that are fired with diesel fuel . We need to address that . The evolution of solar represents a great opportunity to do that so we will continue to develop a skill set to deliver these solar projects . Already , a lot of the big hyperscale customers will typically build a solar deployment to offset what they ’ re taking from the grid . Eventually , I think you could see solar deployments that are directly set into the grid , so we ’ re moving in the right direction .” EXECUTIVE BIO

PETE MARIN
TITLE : PRESIDENT & CEO INDUSTRY : IT LOCATION : ATLANTA , UNITED STATES
As President and Chief Executive Officer of T5 Data Centers , Pete is responsible for setting the overall strategy of the firm , maintaining client relationships , capital management , and creating and executing the firm ’ s vision for growth . Pete has more than 20 years of experience in the data center sector ranging from development , securing debt and equity capital , to tenant representation including site selection and incentives . Pete ’ s understanding of end-user needs has enabled T5
Data Centers to reduce project cycletime and cost , which leads to successful relationships , and repeat business .
Pete received a B . S . in Finance from the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech .