Data Centre Magazine April 2022 | Page 98

MANABU TAKAGI TITLE : GENERAL MANAGER OF GLOBAL DATA CENTER BUSINESS
INDUSTRY : TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOCATION : JAPAN
Manabu Takagi is the general manager of Global Data Center Business at KDDI headquarter excluding Japan . He leads the international business unit that manages strategic planning and business development such as M & A and partnering , and also manages the profitability of overseas data center business . With an over 15-year specialized experience in the data center and business development field and joined KDDI after working for PwC and a consulting firm specializing in DC .
Manabu holds a master ’ s degree in Law from Waseda
University in Japan .

“ AS AN ENERGY SAVING STRATEGY , ONE OF OUR BIGGEST STRENGTHS CONSISTS OF HIGHLY EFFICIENT DATA CENTRES WITH A LOW PUE ( POWER USAGE EFFECTIVENESS )”