Chris Thorpe
Chris Thorpe
TITLE : CEO AND FOUNDER
COMPANY : LEADING EDGE DATA CENTRES
And , thanks to Leading Edge ’ s disaster recovery credentials , CCTV quality and applications , it has seen advanced manufacturing businesses coming aboard .
“ We are reducing telco costs by between 50 % and 60 % and increasing their speed by five times ,” he says , proudly . “ Their resilience just goes through the roof . We ’ ve got case studies where businesses have been struggling to grow because they can ’ t compete with metropolitan areas , but now they ’ re
INDUSTRY : DATA CENTRE LOCATION : SYDNEY , AUSTRALIA
Thorpe has more than 28 years experience both in the IT and telecommunications industries across the US , Europe and Australia . A passionate CEO and thought leader , he founded Leading Edge in 2019 to empower the digital economy of regional Australia through Leading Edge ’ s Tier III edge data centre network .