Inside Data Centre Podcast
Who are the people powering the world’s data centers?
Inside Data Centre Podcast is a podcast about the global data center industry, focused on the careers, companies, and conversations shaping modern digital infrastructure. Hosted by Andy Davis, the podcast features interviews with data center professionals, investors, operators, vendors, and industry leaders from around the world. Each episode explores how people enter the data center sector, how their careers develop, and the challenges facing data centers as demand for cloud, AI, and connectivity continues to accelerate. Covering hyperscale, colocation, operations, sustainability, and skills, Inside Data Centre Podcast is essential listening for anyone working in, or looking to work in, the data center industry.
Inside Data Centre Podcast
Waleed Zafar, Mission Critical Director, XYZ Reality: Improving data centre construction.
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On this episode I am joined by Waleed Zafar, Mission Critical Director at XYZ Reality. XYZ are on a mission to revolutionize data centre construction through the use of Augmented Reality.
First we discuss Waleed's career and how a chance encounter changed the direction of his whole career. We also discuss how Waleed found the transition to data centre sector.
We then discuss XYZ Reality. Waleed shares an insight to the organisation and how they have achieved their rapid growth over the last few years. Waleed shares an insight to how Augmented Reality is changing data centre construction and the significant benefits of using the technology: 'build it right, first time'.
Finally we discuss what other technologies will impact the sector in the future, and how technology can help with the ongoing talent challenge.
XYZ are a great organisation that has genuinely changed the way data centres are built.
Learn more about XYZ here - https://www.xyzreality.com/
The Inside Data Centre Podcast is recorded in partnership with DataX Connect, a specialist data centre recruitment company based in the UK. They operate on a global scale to place passionate individuals at the heart of leading data centre companies.
To learn more about Andy Davis and the rest of the DataX team, click here: DataX Connect