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.
Episodes
219 episodes
The Gulf Region, AI Growth and the Future of Middle East Data Centres | Live at Datacloud Global Congress 2026
In the fourth episode of our series recorded live at Datacloud Global Congress 2026 in Cannes, Andy Davis is once again joined by co-host Rory Flashman from Spa Communications to explore the rapid growth of the Gulf region as a major data centr...
The Data Centre Industry's Biggest Problem Isn't Innovation | Tom Babington, Adaptive MDC
In this episode of the Inside Data Centre Podcast, Andy Davis is joined by Tom Babington, Founder and CEO of Adaptive MDC. With a career spanning 42 countries from building for the military in Afghanistan to delivering hyperscale in Finland, To...
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Power, Grid Constraints and Smarter Data Centre Growth | Live at Datacloud Global Congress 2026
In the third episode of our series recorded live at Datacloud Global Congress 2026 in Cannes, Andy Davis is once again joined by co-host Rory Flashman from Spa Communications to explore one of the biggest challenges facing the data centre indus...
Why the Nordics Are Becoming Europe’s Next Data Center Hub | Live at Datacloud Global Congress 2026
In the second episode of our series recorded live at Datacloud Global Congress 2026 in Cannes, Andy Davis is once again joined by co-host Rory Flashman from Spa Communications to explore why the Nordics have become one of the most talked-about ...
Powered by People: How can we manage the exponential growth of the Data Center sector?
In the first episode of our internal 'Powered by People' series', Andy Davis is joined by Josie Hughes, Director of Marketing at DataX Connect, for the first in a new internal mini-series. Together, they explore the people behind th...
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Neo Clouds, AI Infrastructure and the UK Data Centre Opportunity | Live at Datacloud Global Congress 2026
In the first episode of a new series recorded live at Datacloud Global Congress 2026 in Cannes, Andy Davis is joined by co-host Rory Flashman from Spa Communications to explore one of the biggest talking points in the data centre industry: neo ...
Jim Hart, CEO BCS Consultancy: Data Centre Truths 2026
In this episode of the Inside Data Centre Podcast, Andy Davis is joined by Jim Hart, Co-Founder and CEO of BCS, for his fifth appearance on the show. They dig into the findings of BCS's latest report, Data Center Truths 2026, exploring...
Data Centre News & GPU's - Episode 4
In this episode of the Inside Data Centre Podcast, Andy Davis is joined by Ben Baldieri, Founder of 'The GPU Newsletter. The pair dive into the explosive growth of the Neo cloud market, the widening gap between what's announced and what's actua...
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Turning Conversations into Community
In this episode, AVK VP of Marketing Giuseppe Caltabiano turns the tables on Andy Davis to discuss his ever growing data center community. Sitting at the centre of the data centre industry with 70,000+ followers and the founder of D...
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Can we build Data Centers fast enough? | Episode 3 - Live at KickStart Europe 2026
In this episode, Andy Davis is joined by co-host Pieter Schaap, Director at Soben (Part of Accenture) to discuss the fact that with RFS timelines shrinking to 12-14 months from construction start, the data centre industry is operating at unprec...
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How are European Data Center markets evolving? | Episode 2 - Live at KickStart Europe 2026
In this episode, Andy Davis is joined by co-host Pieter Schaap, Director at Soben (Part of Accenture) to explore how European data centre markets are evolving. Joining the conversation: JP Anten, Mainova W...
AI, Frankfurt & the future of Europe’s Data Centres | Episode 1 - Live at KickStart Europe 2026
Is Germany’s data centre market on the brink of an AI-driven transformation? In this episode, Andy Davis is joined by co-host Pieter Schaap, Director at Soben (Part of Accenture) to explore how AI is reshaping Europe’s data centre ...
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Equinix: Pursuing Excellence Together
In this episode of the Inside Data Centre Podcast, Andy Davis is joined by Matt Brown, Senior Director of Design Delivery at Equinix, and Andrew Higgins, Senior Director of Global Master Planning and Sustainability at Equinix.They explor...
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Richard Ludwig: M&A Activity in the Data Center sector.
In this episode of the Inside Data Centre Podcast, Andy Davis is joined by Richard Ludwig, Director of Digital Infrastructure at Elantra. Richard breaks down the major financial and M&A activity that shaped 2025, from early market wobbles c...
Waleed Zafar, XYZ Reality: What actually happened in 2025?!
In this episode of the Inside Data Centre Podcast, Andy Davis is joined by Waleed Zafar, Chief Revenue Officer at XYZ Reality. They look back on a pivotal year for the data centre sector and unpack how rapid demand, rising capex and global tale...
Tim Heidel, CEO VEIR: Power Delivery for AI Data Centers.
In this episode of the Inside Data Centre Podcast, Andy Davis is joined by Tim Heidel, CEO and Co-Founder of VEIR. Tim shares how his background in electrical engineering, MIT, ARPA-E, and Breakthrough Energy led him to tackling the sector’s to...
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Inside Data Center Pubcast: How can we attract more talent to the Data Center sector?
In this second special live edition of the Inside Data Centre Podcast - or as we called it for the night, the Pubcast - hosts Andy Davis and Rory Flashman-Wells bring together a panel of senior leaders from across the data centre industry for a...
Inside Data Centre Pubcast: A podcast about Data Centers, in a pub!
In this special live edition of the Inside Data Centre Podcast - or as we called it for the night, the Pubcast - hosts Andy Davis and Rory Flashman-Wells bring together a panel of senior leaders from across the data centre industry for an open,...
Equinix: “Rethinking water in the data centre industry”
In this second episode of our special series with Equinix, host Andy Davis sits down with Alex Setmajer, Sustainability manager in Global Design and Construction team, to explore how water is becoming a key factor in the future of digital infra...
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National Data Centre Day: Building a Unified Message for the Industry
Andy Davis is joined by co-host Rory Flashman, MD at Spa Communications, for a special episode marking the first-ever National Data Centre Day.Together they explore why the industry urgently needs a unified message – and how collaboratio...
Ash Gupta & Dave Misra: Galaxy Data Centres
In this episode of the Inside Data Centre Podcast, Andy Davis is joined by Ash Gupta and Dave Misra, Co-Founders of Galaxy Data Centres.They share their journeys into the sector, the founding story of Galaxy, and how the data centre land...
Data Centre News & GPU's - Episode 3
We are back with another episode of Data Centre News & GPU's. Andy Davis is once again joined by Ben Baldieri to talk about the latest news in the GPU and Data Centre market.Andy and Ben explore recent developments and predictions ar...
Live in Cannes! Datacloud Global Congress Unplugged: Behind this Record-Breaking Year
It's our final edition on the Inside Data Centre Podcast at Datacloud Global Congress, Cannes 2025!Our hosts, Andy Davis and Rory Flashman, are joined by Annabel Helm, Managing Director of Datacloud (techoraco), and Lex Coors, Chief Data...
Live in Cannes! Building pathways: Celebrating women in the digital infrastructure
It’s the penultimate episode of the Inside Data Centre Podcast from Datacloud Global Congress 2025,Cannes!Hosts Andy Davis and Rory Flashman are joined by Lizzy McDowell, Marketing Director at Kao Data, and Libby Milne, Project Manager a...
Jim Hart, CEO BCS Consultancy: Data Centre Trends 2025
In this episode of the Inside Data Centre Podcast, Andy Davis is joined by Jim Hart, CEO of BCS Consultancy.Jim returns to the show to share the latest insights from BCS’s 2025 Summer Report a data-rich snapshot of where the data centre ...
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