TRAILBLAZER
Gary Wojtaszek :
BUILDING ONE EMPIRE AFTER ANOTHER
Most people at the top of their game don ’ t turn around and start again from scratch . Alexander the Great didn ’ t sack the city of Alexandria , only to turn round and walk away from the greatest empire the world had ever known to try and do it all again . Michael Jordan did actually give it a go but , if the first act of Space Jam and his 114 strikeouts during 497 plate appearances ( during his actual career as a baseball star ) can teach us anything , it ’ s that a lot of people who conquer the world can only do it once .
And then there ’ s Gary Wojtaszek . The data centre industry titan has already defied expectations by taking an ambitious upstart data centre company with $ 525mn of investment , called CyrusOne , and turning it into a $ 12bn landmark of the industry establishment .
Wojtaszek stepped down as the CEO of CyrusOne early last year . Now , it really looks as though he ’ s going to do it all again . Twice . Wojtaszek has served on the board of GDS Data Centres since 2017 , during which time they ’ ve gone from - you guessed it - an interloping upstart to one of the fastest growing , most recognisable brands in the Chinese data centre industry .
This year , Wojtaszek is lending his magic touch to what just might be the most ambitious project in the industry right now . In March , he announced that he would be joining the board of directors as Quantum Loophole , an ( I know it , you know it ) upstart data centre company on track for great things .
Quantum Loop wants to change the way that we design and build data centres forever . It ’ s a lofty ambition . But , with the company ’ s impressive $ 13mn seed funding round and the addition of Wojtaszek , to its leadership team , it ’ s off to a promising start .
He says he ’ s “ proud to be a contributor , helping the company reach its epic achievement of a first-of-its-kind , gigawatt-scale , master planned data center city developments .” And adds that , “ Impeccable data center design considers scalability , cost-efficiencies with highspeed connectivity bridging networks and solutions for speedier transactions . Quantum Loophole ’ s approach carefully considers all of these elements , with fully integrated state-of-the-art renewable and sustainable solutions .”
As Wojtaszek shifts his focus from C-Suite roles towards board-level leadership positions , he explains that , “ it ’ s important to me that data center developments focus on scale , speed , and cost - with a keen eye on environmental and community impact .”
18 August 2021