KOHLER CO .
“ We aim to collaborate across the industry within a sphere of knowledge leadership to continue to develop new products with the environmental responsibility that reflects our sustainability goals ” SEAN FARNEY , DIRECTOR , DATA CENTRE MARKETING , KOHLER
• Modular PODs : Skin tight enclosure / canopy or 40ft container . Stackable , rackable and ready for quick deployment . For Regional data centres up to 25MW
• X-Press PODs : Skin tight enclosure / canopy or 20ft container . Compact and with a short lead time . For Edge data centres up to 5MW .
Hyperscale Kohler ’ s growing focus on data centres reacts to the sector demanding more and more power gear to the point where it ’ s now one of its biggest customer areas globally . “ Hyperscalers spend $ 150bn a year in Capex to build new facilities ,” notes Farney of a sector whose global footprint is growing at a rate of 20 % per year . “ They ’ re an important global customer segment so we ' re meeting that demand with new products . A perfect example is our 4MW Gen Set , the KT4000 series is the largest on the market in the world right now . It ’ s really specific to Hyperscale data centre operators who are building 100-200MW facilities . This approach complements our full product set from 100kW now up to 3.2MW .
EXECUTIVE BIO
SEAN FARNEY
TITLE : DIRECTOR , DATA CENTRE MARKETING
COMPANY : KOHLER INDUSTRY : TECHNOLOGY
Sean heads up Marketing &
Business Development for Kohler ' s burgeoning data center power business . Previously , Sean built and ran Microsoft ' s Chicago Container Data Center , was the Founder of Edge Data Center company Ubiquity Critical Environments and managed technical operations for startup data center provider 7ticks ( Intercontinental Exchange ). Sean ' s work has been highlighted in The Wall Street Journal , Forbes , Inc ., Fast Company , Data Center Frontier & others . He speaks frequently at industry events such as 7x24 Exchange , Data Center Dynamics , The Uptime Institute Symposium , IMN , CRE , and Bisnow data center conferences . Sean holds a Master ' s degree in Information Technology from Northwestern University and received his Bachelor ' s degree from Miami University . He shares his passion for learning and research as an adjunct instructor teaching graduate students about IT infrastructure at Northwestern ' s McCormick School of engineering . datacentremagazine . com 47