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LEWIS WHITE
DATA CENTRES

LEWIS WHITE

“ DATA CENTRES CRAVE ENERGY . THAT IS INDISPUTABLE ” TITLE : VICE PRESIDENT , ENTERPRISE INFRASTRUCTURE – EUROPE

COMPANY : COMMSCOPE INDUSTRY : TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LEWIS WHITE VICE PRESIDENT , ENTERPRISE INFRASTRUCTURE COMMSCOPE
LOCATION : LONDON , UK
White is a seasoned professional with a track record of success in the telecommunications industry . He currently leads CommScope ’ s Global Customer Success ( GCS ) operations across EMEA and Latin America . Before this , he held various positions at CommScope , Molex , and Trescray Services LLP , demonstrating his versatility and expertise in the sector .
When it comes to the success of a facility , John Bidgood , CTO for Systal Technology Solutions , explains : “ I learnt very quickly – the hard way – how business-critical data centres were . They had the highest SLAs ( service level agreements ) we had to meet as a support team . And if something broke day or night , a data centre outage was a level of support escalation like no other .
“ So many times , in my early career I was woken up at 3am to help fix data centre incidents . As I grew in my career and better
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