Green will keep a strong focus on colocation and hybrid IT architecture for mid-sized firms , yet it also has the ambition to significantly grow its data hub for hyperscale businesses and companies , with the Zurich West campus ’ configuration enabling organisations to benefit from short paths for the networking of their IT infrastructures – a key advantage for future hybrid IT architectures . “ Hyperscalers are a very different type of clientele ,” says Sueess . “ The way they look at consuming capacity is in big volumes with a very different growth paradigm . A smaller , colocation-type business may require a couple of kilowatts in power . Mid-size companies might require a couple of hundred kilowatts , maybe a room to themselves . At the hyperscale level , you ’ re talking megawatts , and they ’ re extremely precise in how they want to have things set up . Uptime is the highest priority because their services are so broadly used , and then there ’ s expansion capability . That ’ s why we ’ re investing further and will build an additional Metro campus .”

153 EXECUTIVE PROFILE :

Location : Switzerland Industry : Information Technology & Services

Roger Sueess is the CEO of Green Datacenter , a Switzerland-based company providing data centres and colocation services . “ I started back in the day doing a computer science and electrical engineering baccalaureate at university . My background in development , starting as a consultant and freelancing , was quite helpful because I started to learn how to leave an impact on people . I spent around 20 years within the banking industry in different roles , at two of the biggest Swiss banks . And then last year I joined Green as CEO .” technologymagazine . com