TONY GRAYSON TITLE : GENERAL MANAGER , COMPASS QUANTUM
COMPASS DATACENTERS
“ AI means computing needs have increased ten-fold ,” she says . “ We all saw this coming , so it wasn ’ t a surprise , but what has been surprising is how quickly this became normalised in everybody ’ s lives .”
She adds : “ When we look at high-density computing and the power and capacity we need now , Vertiv is a great partner on that journey . It has an excellent product and working with Vertiv has been a factor in our success .”
The demand driven by AI and cloud growth has led Compass Datacenters to innovate and accelerate data centre construction , but as it does so , the company is also increasing its commitment to quality .
“ If you do things in an offsite environment , quality is everything because if you ’ re going to ship it to a site and then assemble it , tolerances have to be very precise ,” Nancy explains . “ What we also do in offsite environments , especially with regard to our equipment , is we commission this to the fullest extent possible pre-shipping and reverify when we get to the sites . It ’ s easier for us to control in that environment than it is in an onsite environment .
“ These are facilities we want to be able to utilise for many decades to come ,” Nancy says . “ Because these are robust facilities made of precast , with good thermal properties and fire resistance , we will be able to .”
Compass and Vertiv have collaborated to design rapidly deployable thermal systems that are built and delivered in ways that accelerate delivery timelines for facilities .
“ Veterans come to the sector with a team-first mentality . That is why we do so well ”
TONY GRAYSON TITLE : GENERAL MANAGER , COMPASS QUANTUM
As Chief Innovation Officer for Compass Tony Grayson is the General Manager of Compass Quantum and is known as a cloud and datacenter leader throughout the industry . Tony regularly speaks and writes on topics ranging from sustainability to energy to datacenters to edge . Before joining Compass , Tony was an SVP at Oracle , where he was responsible for their physical infrastructure and cloud regions .
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