In this episode of The Bear Roars, Dan sits down with Pat Lynch—Executive Managing Director of CBRE Data Center Solutions—for a deep dive into the evolution of digital infrastructure and the lessons learned from three decades in the industry.

Pat recounts his path from MFS Communications and Level 3 to leading CBRE’s global data center platform, reflecting on how real estate, fiber, and connectivity became the backbone of the modern economy.

He and Dan revisit the bandwidth boom and bust—an era of massive ambition, market collapse, and gritty reinvention—and share stories from the front lines, including Level 3’s survival years, the “Mondo Condo” build-outs, and turning crisis into strategy.

Now at the helm of CBRE’s worldwide data center business, Pat connects the dots between those early telecom battles and the AI-driven expansion reshaping infrastructure today. He and Dan explore how power constraints, quantum computing, and edge AI are redefining what it means to build for the future—and why discipline, trust, and curiosity still matter most.

Learn more about CBRE: https://www.cbre.com/

Order Dan’s Book – Bandwidth: The Untold Story of Ambition, Deception, and Innovation that Shaped the Internet Age and Dot-Com Boom: dan-caruso.com/bookTo nominate a founder or yourself as a future guest speaker, email: contact@loudbearproductions.com

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