Data Centre Magazine February 2021 | Page 110

CORE DATA CENTRES

Meet industry veteran Bill Henneberry ’ s new firm , co-founded with Jim Nikopoulos , CEO , a nimble newcomer to Canada ’ s data centre landscape providing scale and custom solutions in the age of digital transformation

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B ill Henneberry designs data centres in his sleep . The Chief Technology Officer of CORE Data Centres is only half-joking , admitting that his work , a preoccupation that extends far beyond a means to make a living , is never far from his thoughts . “ I ’ ll be going to sleep at night and I ’ m already designing the next day ’ s work ,” he says . “ To a certain degree I ’ m always thinking of a design : how it can change and how it has to evolve .”

Data centres and colocation have been a fixation of Henneberry ’ s “ before data centres were really even around ”. He ’ s worked at “ all the big companies ” and consulted at many more , before founding CORE Data Centres with Jim Nikopoulos , CEO . Core Data is a relative new entrant to the market that nonetheless boasts an agile team of specialists with near unrivalled experience . Based in Toronto , Ontario , Canada ’ s snowier counterpart to Silicon Valley , the business was founded 16 months
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