Sean Farney

As Vice President of Data Center Strategy for the Americas at JLL, Sean Farney helps clients operate more than 900 data centers sustainably and efficiently. Prior roles include Director of Data Center Marketing at Kohler, Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Edge data center startup of Ubiquity Critical Environments, and data center manager for Microsoft’s 120MW Chicago facility.   

Sean strives to embody sustainability personally; he hunts, grows, or harvests a majority of his food and burns deadfall to heat his home, earning him a county-leading Energy Star rating. He holds a master’s degree in Information Technology from Northwestern University.

Contact JLL to learn more about how it helps build, buy, occupy, and invest in a variety of assets, including data centers,  globally.

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Exploring Adaptive Reuse as a Sustainability Strategy

Feb. 2, 2024
Sean Farney, Vice President of Data Center Strategy for the Americas at JLL, explains why it's time to gamify circularity with carbon accounting credits.