LEX COORS TITLE : CHIEF DATA CENTRE TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING OFFICER / VISITING PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON
INTERVIEW WITH LEX COORS
LEX COORS TITLE : CHIEF DATA CENTRE TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING OFFICER / VISITING PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON
Lex Coors has 30 years of experience in the design of versatile , cost-effective and energy-efficient data centre infrastructure . He has supervised the design and build process for more than 70 data centres and developed close to 600,000m ² of gross space with over 300,000m ² net space across Western Europe and Africa .
In his role as Chief Data Centre Technology and Engineering Officer at Digital Realty , Lex has pioneered several new approaches to data centre design and management , including the improvement of power ratio efficiency between server load and transformer load , and the industry ’ s first ever modular approach to data centre architecture .
Lex is also a Visiting Professor at the University of East London , a Board member of the Climate Neutral Catacenter Pact , Chair of the EUDCA Policy Committee , Stakeholder at the EU JRC , and is a member of the iMasons Advisory Council and Governing Body . He has received several awards for his contributions to the data center industry , including the 2022 iMasons Technology Champion Award .
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