EXPEDIENT
Christopher Topoll
Manager - Data Center Operations
Christopher Topoll brings 14 years of experience in the nuclear and data center industries to Expedient . Chris is responsible for operational excellence in Expedient ’ s 11 data centers , ensuring continuous availability of the electrical and cooling systems . Prior to joining Expedient , Chris worked as the Facility Operations Manager for Bank of America ’ s Global Data Centers working out of Plano , TX . Chris has eight years of active duty experience as a nuclear submarine officer in the US Navy and is a serving Navy Reservist . mechanism , through to the servers and the virtualization software .”
Sustainability plays a big part in this . At each of its centers the company has implemented measures to make sure utilities like lighting and heating are energy-efficient . “ The thermal optimization is essentially using best practices so that the ambient temperatures are as high as they can be , but still have a relatively balanced environment ,” Rosenson says . “ We use data center infrastructure management software in combination with sensors throughout the facility . The energy-efficient lighting is certainly important , relative to only having lights on when people need them . And then finally we recycle the hardware we no longer need , either scrapping it via a third party or taking it to a recycling center depending upon the nature of the equipment .”
Chris Topoll , Manager of Data Center Operations , adds : “ We have deployed a very robust sensor
90 March 2017