COMPASS DATACENTERS
AI and cloud growth is helping drive such innovation , but Adil is most interested in how it can accelerate data centre construction in a sustainable manner .
“ We like to say that , at Compass , we assemble , rather than construct ,” Adil says . “ Assembly means that you can draw from a wider labour pool , and you achieve better quality because all the components are prefabricated off-site by skilled labour , brought on-site , and assembled .
“ The rate of growth that we ’ re experiencing is demand driven by AI and cloud growth . This has led Compass Datacenters to innovate how it can accelerate data centre construction , while continuing its quality and safety commitments .”
Three quarters of the components in Compass Datacenters are prefabricated off-site , and the company aims to make this as close to 100 % as possible . The company ’ s supply chain is , of course , vitally important .
Adil says : “ We ’ re deeply embedded with our supply chain partners and committed on a long-term basis to one another .”
Accelerating data centre delivery and meeting customer needs Another factor to Compass ’ success is the quality of its people and the wide-ranging professional – and life – experiences they bring to the company .
In a previous life , Compass Quantum General Manager , Tony Grayson , spent 21 years in the Navy , an experience he
says he misses every day . Tony ’ s military grounding has given him the skills needed to thrive in the data centre space .
“ Veterans come to the sector with a team-first mentality ,” he says . “ They also focus on getting the mission done . You can teach most things , but those two traits are something that you either have or you don ’ t . That is why we do so well .
“ I help people with the transition back to civilian life and I have started to take tech leaders out to a carrier to show them what people in the Navy do . Some of them think we ’ re
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