T5 DATA CENTERS
“ We ’ ll see continued investment as 5G implementation ramps and the move to the Edge continues ”
PETE MARIN , PRESIDENT & CEO , T5
capability internally , or acquire it . We ’ re constantly looking at how to improve the data center and to solve the problems of hyperscale and enterprise users .”
Marin maintains that recruiting the right people , often with mission critical backgrounds in the military , and training them to the highest level is paramount . “ It ’ s a big part of making sure the lights never go out ,” he says . Training is the front-line philosophy , to keep our people at the cutting edge and allow the group and its work culture to grow .”
The Edge Evaluating the industry today , Marin believes that on the asset front it ’ s still important to
have space that ’ s ready to occupy and in key strategic markets . “ Over the past couple of years , it ’ s been just a few buyers of data center space picking up the majority of it . That ’ s the hyperscale phenomena . That ’ s going to continue . However , we predicted last year that enterprise business would come back and we ’ re seeing that with a combination of both cloud operations and data centers all supporting the hybrid platform . There ’ s going to be a combination strategy there . We ’ re seeing the enterprise return with more build to suit , as well as just leasing traditional data center sites .”
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