waste-water plants , roads and other critical infrastructure that allows society to function and create good outcomes for people ,” he explains . “ Access to the water molecule and the electron has long been vitally important . Worldwide access to the photon for data delivery is the next essential piece .” Over the past two years , Connaughton has overseen the development of the company ’ s first full-scale commercial facility , which provides six megawatts of water-cooled data center capacity on a barge . He strives for an innovative approach across all his operations . “ We ’ ve been on the arc of creative invention and cleverly practical engineering to make that a reality ,” says Connaughton . “ The first part of our

EXECUTIVE PROFILE :

109 Title : CEO Industry : Data Centre

Company : Nautilus Location : San Francisco Bay

James Connaughton is the CEO at Nautilus . Having joined the organisation in March 2016 , he has overseen the implementation of the world ’ s first water-cooled and water-borne data center with Nautilus . He began his career as a Partner at Sidley Austin focusing on energy , natural resources and environment , energy and environmental management and compliance assurance systems . He then moved on to serve as Chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality as Senior Advisor to President George W . Bush . Roles followed at clean energy companies Constellation Energy and Exelon , and big data analytics company C3 . ai , before moving into his current role at Nautilus . datacentremagazine . com