Table of Experts: Data Centers
12 May 2017
Technology
The Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal held a panel discussion on the topic of data centers recently. Panelists included Graham Williams, chief operating officer of Cologix; Steve Knutson, chief technology officer and chief information officer for Marco; Kam Patel, director of global data center solutions at CommScope; and Ernest Sampera, chief marketing officer for vXchnge. The moderator was Amanda Othoudt, economic development director for the city of Elk River, which is home to two fortune 50 data centers and has a 33-acre, shovel-ready data center site available.
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