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Roundtable Recap: Being Mission-Critical in 2020, Looking Ahead to 2021

Dec. 18, 2020

Our Data Center Executive Roundtable experts review the role of data centers in surviving the pandemic, and looks ahead to 2021. Insights from Intel, Sabey Data Centers, Chatsworth Products, NTT Global Data Centers Americas, Iron Mountain, Nortek Air Solutions, and Infrastructure Masons.

Rich Miller

Our 21st Data Center Executive Roundtable showcases the insights of thought leaders on the state of the data center industry, and where it is headed. Our Fourth Quarter 2020 roundtable offers insights on four topics: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, trends in enterprise IT spending, how cloud platforms are boosting sustainability, and a look ahead at what 2021 may have in store for the data center industry.

Here is the full question and answer session, organized by topic.

Here are links to the individual Q&A summaries for each of our distinguished panel members:

John Sabey, CEO of Sabey Corporation, parent of Sabey Data Centers
Jeff Klaus, General Manager of Intel Data Center Software Solutions
Maricel Cerruti, Principal and Director at Teladata, and founding board member at Infrastructure Masons
Todd Schneider, Director of Product Management at Chatsworth Products Inc.
Ben Stewart, Senior Vice President of Operations at NTT Global Data Centers Americas
Kris Holla, Group Vice President, Channel Sales, Nortek Data Center Cooling.
Michael DeVito, VP, Global Sales & Marketing at Iron Mountain Data Centers

The conversation is moderated by Data Center Frontier Founder and editor Rich Miller.

Thanks to all of our executive participants for sharing their time and insights!

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About the Author

Rich Miller

I write about the places where the Internet lives, telling the story of data centers and the people who build them. I founded Data Center Knowledge, the data center industry's leading news site. Now I'm exploring the future of cloud computing at Data Center Frontier.