Jon Falker, Prime Data Centers: Developing a $1bn Data Center Campus

In this episode I am joined by Jon Falker, Marketing Director at Prime Data Centers based in California.  Amongst other topics we discuss the recently announced $1bn Data Center campus in Elk Grove, Chicago.Jon studied marketing at university before he started his career in marketing. We discuss why he followed a career in marketing and how his career has ended up working in the data center sector. Jon has worked in a number of fast-growth organisations and he gives his advice on how to best operate within a rapid growth organisation.We discuss the importance of marketing in modern business and what the data centre sector needs to do to ensure that the sector is sharing the good news as well as responding to negative articles in the media.Finally we cover Prime Data Centers and specifically the recent announcement of a major new data center campus in Elk Grove, Chicago. We discuss why the decision was made to develop in this region and how they are focussed on developing a highly sustainable campus.Jon offers a great insight to marketing in the data center sector, and also to Prime Data Centers who are definitely an organisation to watch over the coming years.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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My name is Andy Davis and I am the host of the Inside Data Centre Podcast. On this podcast I will interview the people working in the data centre sector across the globe and tell their stories.. How did they first enter the sector? How have they developed their career? What are the challenges faced by the industry as it rapidly expands? What advice can they give others looking to work in the sector? If you work in the data centre sector, or you want to work in the sector, then this is the podcast for you.