Welcome to the I Love Data Centers Podcast
If you have ever spent any time with the Open Spectrum team, you know that we love data centers! You likely also know that this love is what continuously fuels our corporate desire to understand and document the language of the data center marketplace. One of the first major milestones was the Industry Playbook: Data Center Colocation book, which is now on its 4th edition. In addition to the book, and our live bootcamps and online bootcamp, we now have the Podcast – I Love Data Centers!
Take a moment to browse the episodes, we commit you will not find any sales and marketing fluffery here. Our goal is to provide fresh conversations with the most successful, innovative, and fascinating players that our team has met in the data center industry.
The Customer Defines The Edge – Episode 53 – Phillip Marangella
The Customer Defines The Edge - Episode 53 - Phillip Marangella I have been saying for some time that "the edge" is the new "cloud" in that the term can mean both everything and nothing at the same time. Marketing teams for nearly all the different providers...
The Greenest Electron is the One you Never Need to Use – Episode 52 – Shawn Mills
The Greenest Electron is the One you Never Need to Use - Episode 52 - Shawn Mills "A data center in Cheyenne Wyoming?" That was literally what I said out loud when I heard Shawn pitch the company to a room full of angel investors in Palo Alto nearly 14 years...
Data Centers and Interconnection in Omaha – Episode 51 – Todd Cushing
Data Centers and Interconnection in Omaha - Episode 51 - Todd Cushing It became obvious to me during our conversation that Todd exudes work ethic and a passion for what he does. Not surprising, as the man started working when he was 12 and became a manager...
Measuring What Matters on the Edge – Episode 50 – Bruce Lehrman
Measuring What Matters on the Edge - Episode 50 - Bruce Lehrman Bruce and his team at Involta have been building, operating and managing "edge" data centers before the term "edge" even meant anything to our industry. Their success over the past 15 years has in...
I Love Underground Data Centers – Episode 49 – Todd Murren
Super excited to have spoken with Todd Marren from Bluebird Network and Bluebird Underground, a data center and network services provider in Springfield Missouri with an 80k sqft data center that lives some 85 feet underground. Ever wonder why a data center would be underground or what unique characteristics and attributes such a facility has? Well, you’ve come to the right place as this is exactly what we cover in this episode!
Data Center Industry Gateway for Military Veterans – Episode 48 – Jason Okroy
Data Center Industry Gateway for Military Veterans - Episode 48 – Jason Okroy In this episode I spend time talking with Jason Okroy, Co-founder and CEO of Salute Mission Critical, a US military veteran focused data center services company. Having toured hundreds of...
Balance is Important. Words Matter. – Episode 047 – Jeff Wabik
Balance is Important. Words Matter. - Episode 047 - Jeff Wabik Early on in our conversation, Jeff politely made me aware that he has socks older than me. Apart from this telling me that he definitely needs some new socks, I became even more excited to dig into the...
Focused on Strong Business Fundamentals – Episode 046 – Rich Lee
Focused on Strong Business Fundamentals - Episode 046 - Rich Lee Staying on topic re: demystifying the Interconnection Services Industry and our recent Interconnection Playbook launch, I spent time with successful data center and managed hosting entrepreneur...
Drive Quality in Everything You Do – Episode 045 – Chris Downie
Drive Quality in Everything You Do - Episode 045 - Chris Downie Excited to share with you a few stories from Chris Downie on his professional experience growing into the data center industry. His unique perspective as the CEO of both Telx during the acquisition by...
Megaport & Interconnection Services 101 – Episode 044 – Misha Cetrone
Misha Cetrone - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 44 The Interconnection Services Playbook, which serves as an attempt to demystify the Interconnection Services Industry, is now released into the wild! Keeping with this topic, I thought it appropriate to interview...
Fascinating, Exciting, and So Much Opportunity – Episode 043 – James Grice
James Grice - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 43 I was lucky enough to grab some time with attorney James Grice for this episode to do a serious knowledge drop regarding data center tax frameworks applicable to the data center asset class. If reading that got you...
Hyperscale Level Performance to the Multi-tenant colocation market – Episode 042 – Jake Ring
Jake Ring - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 42 Given how little innovation has gone on in the commercial data center colocation industry as of late, I was skeptical when someone told me the GIGA Data Center located north of Charlotte, NC was delivering a product...
Great Culture Makes Great Business – Episode 041 – Ed Henigin
Ed Henigin - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 41 Data Foundry is one of the oldest privately owned data center companies in the world. They've managed to build a highly profitable business and survive a number of economic downturns over two and half decades by...
Network is the Wild Wild West – Episode 040 – Erik Knight
Erik Knight - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 040 SD-WAN has been hyped for a few years now as a "game changer" in the industry that will replace WAN MPLS networks. I have definitely seen a rise in the number of clients and consultants starting to deploy these...
Unveiling the Data Center – Episode 039 – Ryan Barbera
Ryan Barbera - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 39 While advancements in the data center industry have made shopping the scene as a consumer seem more complicated, it's actually more accessible than ever. Ryan Barbera and I discuss the red tape and the mystique...
Your IT is Likely Less Automated than Dominos – Episode 038 – Josh Williams
Josh Williams - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 38 Now that the dust has settled with INAP's acquisition of Singlehop, I wanted to speak with one of the brains at the company who was front and center during the transition to get a raw view into the why, how and...
All Things Data Center Interconnection- Episode 037 – Christian Koch
Christian Koch - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 37 I've been trying to make sense of how Megaport, Packet Fabric, PurePort, Equinix's ECX, Digital Realty's Service Exchange, DE-CIX, Epsilon, etc. all differentiate from one another over the past 12 months...
Your Data is Getting Safer – Episode 036 – Aaron Hughes
Aaron Hughes - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 36 Aaron Hughes has spent decades architecting, building and managing various components that make up the internet we all use today. Ever heard of PeeringDB.com? Yeah, that was one of his many "side projects"...
Finding Packet – Episode 035 – Jacob Smith
Jacob Smith - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 35 Jacob and I are aligned on a mission to bring sexy back to the infrastructure that runs the brave new digital world we live in. Our conversation covers how he evolved from a 2nd Bassoon in the Chamber...
Stories from an Early Racker – Episode 034 – Paul Croteau
Paul Croteau - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 34 You know those moments when numerous people tell you that you "NEEEED" to talk to someone because they think you'll instantly get along, and then you finally meet the person and, in fact, you discover they...
All Things Public Cloud – Episode 033 – Sam Barhoumeh
Sam Barhoumeh - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 33 In this episode I spent some time with my new friend Sam Barhoumeh, Founder and CEO of ReadyNetworks, a full service technology solutions firm based in Chicagoland that provides cloud infrastructure,...
EDGE is the new Cloud – Episode 032 – Hugh Carspecken
Hugh Carspecken - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 32 The "Edge" has become one of the new buzzwords that unfortunately means both everything and nothing at the same time, much like the term "Cloud." Given Hugh's experience operating micro data centers...
IT Spend Visualization is a Game Changer- Episode 031 – Ken Male
Ken Male - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 31 This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: CxO NExUS, I interview the Chief Executive Officer of CxO NExUS, Ken Male. With more than 25 years of leadership positions in IT research, Ken Male possesses a deep...
All Things Data and Data Center Security – Episode 030 – Mark Houpt
Mark Houpt - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 30 This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: All Things Data and Data Center Security, I interview the Chief Information Security Officer of Databank, Mark Houpt. Whereas security has typically...
The Montreal Data Center Market is so Hot Right Now – Episode 029 – AJ Byers
AJ Byers - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 29 This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: The Montreal Data Center Market is so Hot Right Now, I interview the President and CEO of Root Data Center, AJ Byers. Although Episode 6 with Philbert Shih touched...
IT Components, SDN and The Irish Technology Boom – Episode 028 – Alan Fagan
Alan Fagan - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 28 This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: IT Components, SDN and The Irish Technology Boom, I interview the North America Sales Manager at EPS Global, Alan Fagan. This interview is part of our partnership...
Drones and PII – Episode 027 – Mark Del Bianco
Mark Del Bianco - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 27 This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast, we interview Mark Del Bianco, an attorney who represents direct sales agents and services providers in the data center industry, with experience in how drones...
How I Got Here; Rich Miller Interviews the Interviewer – Episode 026 – Sean Patrick Tario
Sean Patrick Tario - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 26 This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: How I Got Here, Rich Miller Interviews Sean Patrick Tario, the voice and vision behind the I Love Data Centers Podcast. Due to the volume of requests to...
Past, Present & Future of OPEN IX & Carrier Hotels – Episode 025 – Rob Devita
Rob DeVita - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 25 This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: Past, Present & Future of OPEN IX & Carrier Hotels, I interview the Managing Director of Mejeticks, Robert DeVita. Rob attended one of my data center...
MicroCorp’s Cloud Elements Division and The Anatomy of a Master Agency – Episode 024 – Phil Keenan
Phil Keenan - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 24 This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: MicroCorp’s New Cloud Elements Division and the Anatomy of a Telecom Master Agency, I interview the President of MicroCorp, Phil Keenan. When I first met Phil in...
Founder & Editor of DataCenterKnowledge.com and DataCenterFrontier.com – Episode 023 – Rich Miller
Rich Miller - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 23 This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: Founder & Editor of DataCenterKnowledge.com and DataCenterFrontier.com, I interview the one and only Rich Miller. This week on the I Love Data Centers...
Strategic Foresight and The Cyber Attack Survival Manual – Episode 022 – Heather Vescent
Heather Vescent - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 22 This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: Strategic Foresight and The Cyber Attack Survival Manual, I interview author and bona fide futurist Heather Vescent. Heather and I met nearly a decade ago at...
Unwrapping the Indirect IT Sales Channel – Episode 021 – Rob Butler
Rob Butler - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 21 This week on theI Love Data Centers podcast: Unwrapping the Indirect IT Sales Channel, I interview Rob Butler. Becoming an independent IT consultant and navigating the indirect sales channel ecosystem can...
Network Infrastructure Deep Dive for Terrestrial Fiber Optics – Episode 020 – Kevin Miller
Manufacturing customized optical fiber platforms for network simulation testing, latency, and training (Kevin Miller) - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 20 This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: A deeper dive into manufactured...
Introduction to Telecom Expense Management (TEM) – Episode 019 – Cost Wellness
Cost Wellness (Chris Corr & Scott Nason) - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 19 This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: An Introduction to Telecom Expense Management (TEM). This is a data center podcast, so you may ask "why TEM?" Well, the reality...
Network Infrastructure Deep Dive for Undersea Cables and Landing Stations – Episode 018 – Gil Santaliz
Gil Santaliz - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 18 This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: Network Infrastructure Deep Dive for Undersea Cables and Landing Stations, I interview Gil Santaliz. You may have wondered about the infrastructure that carries...
Data Center Industry Attorney Perspectives – Episode 017 – Jeffrey A. Moerdler
Jeffrey A. Moerdler - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 17 This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: Data Center Industry Attorney Perspectives, I interview Jeffery A. Moerdler. My favorite interviews are the interviews where I get to scratch my itch for more...
Atlanta’s 55 & 56 Marietta Data Centers – Episode 016 – Tim Kiser
Tim Kiser - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 16 This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: Atlanta's 55 & 56 Marietta Data Centers, I interview Tim Kiser. Tim Kiser served as an Air Force B52 bomber pilot during Operation Desert Storm and is the founder and...
Meet Me Room and Internet Exchange Innovation in the Data Center Industry – Episode 015
Hunter Newby - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 15 This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: Meet Me Room and Internet Exchange Innovation in the Data Center Industry, I interview Hunter Newby. If you've worked in the data center industry for more than a few...
Systems Theory, Technology, Ethics, and Corporate Transformation – Episode 014
Stuart Robbins - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 14 This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast, my guest Stuart Robbins and I discuss Systems Theory, Technology, Ethics, and Corporate Transformation. I was introduced to Stuart Robbins through reading his book,...
Data Center M&A, Elite Sales DNA, and Women in IT – Podcast Episode 013
Shelagh Montgomery - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 13 This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: Data Center M&A, Elite Sales DNA, and Women in IT, I interview Shelagh Montgomery. When I was a fast moving young sales executive working for the national...
Selling the Data Center Marketplace to IT and the C-Suite – Podcast Episode 12
Todd Smith - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 12 When we started the I Love Data Centers podcast a few months ago I committed to providing you with raw, honest advice and entertaining stories that will bring you some new, thought-provoking perspectives from people...
Data Center Patents and Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence – Podcast Episode 011
Scott Noteboom - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 11 In this episode of the I Love Data Centers podcast, Data Center Patents and Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence, we have Scott Noteboom. Scott is the founder and CEO of LitBit, a company focused on making...
The Art of Troubleshooting from a Master Troubleshooter – Podcast Episode 010
Jason Maxham - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 10 This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast we have the CTO and co-founder of an IT firm focused on delivering bleeding edge services to law firms, Jason was one of my first clients when I joined the industry. He...
History of Internet Protocols, ISPs, SPAM, Internet Exchanges and Peering – Podcast Episode 009
Tim Pozar - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 9 This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast we have A History of Internet Protocols, ISPs, SPAM, Internet Exchanges and Peering with guest Tim Pozar. There are only a few dozen people on the planet, still working...
High Density Data Center Colocation – Podcast Episode 008
Sean Holzknecht - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 8 This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast we have A High Density Data Center Colocation Story with Sean Holzknecht. Sean is the co-founder and CEO of Colovore, a high density colocation provider in Santa...
The Godfather of the Colocation Indirect Sales Channel Podcast Episode 007
Dany Bouchedid - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 7 In this week’s I Love Data Centers episode - The Godfather of the Colocation Indirect Sales Channel - Sean’s guest is Dany Bouchedid, the Founder and CEO of COLOTRAQ. Sean and Dany discuss a great many topics...
The Evolution of Data Center and Cloud, with Insights on AsiaPac, Canada – Podcast Episode 006
Philbert Shih - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 6 This week's episode of the I Love Data Centers podcast, The Evolution of Data Center and Cloud, with Insights on AsiaPac and Canada, we have a more targeted conversation as Sean interviews Philbert Shih, the...
Data Center Trials, Fiber Optics, and House Music – Podcast Episode 005
Garrick Sturgill - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 5 In this week’s I Love Data Centers episode - Data Center Trials, Fiber Optics, and House Music - Sean’s guest is Garrick Sturgill, the Director or Technology, Carrier Relations and Colo Operations at Centeris...
Evolution of a Telecommunications and Data Center Industry Titan – Podcast Episode 004
Raul Martynek - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 4 In this week's I Love Data Centers episode, Evolution of a Telecommunications and Data Center Industry Titan, our guest is Raul Martynek. Raul currently works as a partner with the communications focused private...
DevOps, Selling Complex IT Solutions and Why the Future is Hybrid – Podcast Episode 003
Pete Sclafani - I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 3 In Episode 3 of the I Love Data Centers Podcast, DevOps, Selling Complex IT Solutions and Why the Future is Hybrid, you'll meet Pete Sclafani, COO and Co-founder of 6Connect. Pete's expertise allows him to speak up...
Data Center Industry Education on Capitol Hill – Podcast Episode 002
I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 2 Welcome back to the I Love Data Centers Podcast. In Episode 2 - Data Center Industry Education on Capitol Hill, Sean interviews Christian Dawson, Executive Director of Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition). Christian...
The Heart and Soul of eBay’s Infrastructure – Podcast Episode 001
In this first episode of the “I Love Data Centers” podcast, The Heart and Soul of eBay’s Infrastructure, Sean interviews Richard Donaldson, Director of Business Operations and Strategy, with eBay.
Announcing the I Love Data Centers Podcast
Welcome to the "I Love Data Centers" Podcast! If you have ever spent any time with me, you know that I do truly love data centers. You likely also know that this love is what continuously fuels my desire to understand and document the language of the data center...
