TAYLOR HAMMOND
ESTRUXTURE
“ WE ARE 100 % CANADIAN. THIS GROUNDS US AND MAKES US EAGER TO SERVE THE MARKET WE LIVE IN”
Taylor Hammond,
CCO, eStruxture
TAYLOR HAMMOND
CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER
Taylor Hammond is the Chief Commercial Officer at eStruxture Data Centers, where he leads all commercial, corporate development strategy and execution activities. A key force in eStruxture’ s evolution, Taylor is responsible for ensuring the company captures market opportunities with speed, clarity, and fiscal discipline as it scales its national footprint.
In his role as CCO, Taylor oversees an integrated organization that brings together commercial strategy, site selection, analytics and capital markets under a single umbrella. By aligning these functions, he ensures that eStruxture’ s expansion is backed by cohesive market impact and data-driven execution. His mandate is central to shaping the company’ s long-term vision, forging strategic partnerships, and advancing its capital markets strategy.
The company describes itself as a carrier and cloud-neutral data centre operator, designing, building and operating critical infrastructure for its customers.“ We’ re built on a foundation to serve financial, media, telco, enterprise and government customers,” says Taylor. Over the years, our business has expanded into hyperscale markets and we have established preferred-provider relationships with some of the world’ s largest cloud computing companies.
As the largest Canadian data centre company, eStruxture’ s national identity is an important part of its story and its business model.“ We are 100 % Canadian,” says Taylor.“ This grounds us – and makes us eager to serve the market we live in. It really comes down to relationships and partnerships.”
Todd emphasises that this relational approach extends beyond contracts.“ For us, a relationship begins with a handshake, and extends into a belief system around how we treat our partners and how we expect to be treated in return,” he explains. These partnerships span manufacturers like Vertiv, which produces data centre infrastructure equipment, service providers, banking relationships and government entities at federal, provincial and municipal levels.
The company’ s customer relationships reflect this philosophy.“ Many of our customers see us as their strategic development partner across Canada,” Todd says. This includes both local and global customers. The trust factor is critical in an industry where infrastructure investments run into billions.
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