SP Spotlight: An Interview with the founder of Giga Data Centers

This week’s SP spotlight shifts toward the data center facility in a conversation with Jake Ring, Co-Founder and CEO of Giga Data Centers.  Giga’s facility in North Carolina, USA is the first North American facility to receive OCP Ready™ recognition.  Jake shares his views on the data center market, how they have designed their facility to meet the next generation of infrastructure and which workloads are affecting the enterprise colo market. View Giga Data Centers' OCP Ready™ Facility on the OCP Marketplace here.

Audio Interview with Giga Data Centers - to listen to the interview click here

Jake Ring, CEO and Co-Founder Giga Data Centers.  

Jake has a great track record of experience in the data center industry holding a variety of leadership positions.  Prior to GIGA, Jake founded DC BLOX as CEO in 2014 to provide comprehensive data center services for the SMB market including colocation and managed services. He was also CMO for GE Energy Management where he led the global development of strategy and commercialization initiatives and led the creation of GE’s Critical Power business.