How do you build innovation into data center development? This week our guest is Nancy Novak, the Chief Innovation Officer at Compass Datacenters,. Nancy and DCF Show Host Rich Miller discuss how innovation is critical to faster and larger capacity deployments, and helped Compass deliver new projects during the pandemic. Nancy also shares her take on diversity in the data center industry - where there's progress, and how to meet the staffing challenges to come.

Here's a timeline of topics discussed on the podcast:

• 3:45 - The critical importance of sustainability in data center development.
• 8:35 - How COVID-19 altered the data center market.
• 10:00 - Why hyperscale operators are leasing more data center space, and why this trend may continue.
• 11:30 - How data growth drives innovation.
• 14:45 - Why diversity matters, and how (and whether) the data center industry is making progress.
• 18:30 - Construction tech, and how exoskeletons can support diversity.
• 22:20 - The "Cool Factor" and how it can help build the data center workforce of the future.

Here are some resources that tie into our discussion:

How Technology Can Transform Data Center Construction
https://datacenterfrontier.com/how-technology-can-transform-data-center-construction/

The People Challenge: Global Data Center Staffing Forecast, 2020-2025
https://datacenter.uptimeinstitute.com/2021-staffing-report.html

Executive Insights: Nancy Novak
https://datacenterfrontier.com/executive-insights-nancy-novak-compass-infrastructure-masons/

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