George Rockett, Founder DCD: The Future of Digital Infrastructure.
Mar 15, 2024
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George Rockett, founder of DCD, discusses his career evolution, the growth of events in the data center industry, and the upcoming Yotta event in Las Vegas. The podcast highlights the industry's shift towards colocation and hyperscale data centers, advancements in semiconductors and compute technologies, and the importance of collaboration and education in the digital infrastructure sector.
George Rockett's career path showcases the unexpected journey into the data center industry, evolving from history to co-founding Data Center Dynamics.
The shift in events within the data center sector towards more interactive and community-focused gatherings post-COVID, with Yotta aiming to unite digital infrastructure discussions for innovative thinking.
Deep dives
George Rocket's Journey into the Data Center Industry
George Rocket discusses his unexpected career path into the data center industry, starting from a history and languages degree to becoming a co-founder of Data Center Dynamics. The evolution from selling ad space to delving into co-location spaces, publications, and eventually focusing on data centers as the industry rapidly developed and matured.
Evolution of Events in the Data Center Sector
The progression of events in the data center sector is highlighted, emphasizing the shift from traditional conference-focused events to more interactive and personalized gatherings. The influence of community engagement, evolving sources of information, and adapting to post-COVID changes, where events aim to provide efficiency, value, and knowledge sharing in a dynamic setting.
Introducing Yota: Catalyst for Future Digital Infrastructure Discussions
George Rocket introduces Yota as a significant event focusing on broader discussions beyond data centers to encompass digital infrastructure as a whole. The need to break free from silos and encourage cross-sector learning and innovative thinking is emphasized. Yota aims to spark conversations about the future of digital infrastructure, addressing challenges of scale, density, and rapid technological advancements.
In this episode I am joined by George Rockett, the founder of DCD. George discusses his career in the sector, how events have evolved, and how he now plans to bring together the whole of digital infrastructure with a new event: Yotta.
George shares how he started his career and how/why DCD was established. We discuss how the company has evolved and why they moved into physical events.
We then discuss how events have changed over time, how locations of events have shifted, and what attendees are now looking for when they attend industry events.
Finally we discuss Yotta, a new event taking place in Las Vegas on Oct 7-9 2024. George outlines the reasons for the new event and what he is hoping it will achieve.
Find out more about Yotta, and secure tickets here - https://www.yotta.vegas/
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
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