JAY PARK FOUNDER AND CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER , DIGITAL EDGE

the region . Its EDGE2 data centre recently opened in Jakarta , while it is anticipated that the new SEL2 facility in Seoul will come online in the autumn of this year .

TITLE : FOUNDER AND CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

INDUSTRY : TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOCATION : UNITED STATES

Jay Park is a seasoned leader with more than three decades of experience in the high-tech industries , with the past 20 spent in the design , construction and operation of data centres . Prior to joining Digital Edge , Jay was Vice President of Data Center Infrastructure at Facebook , where he spearheaded the design of the company ’ s first owned data centre and built numerous state-of-the-art facilities globally . He has obtained six patents for data centre design , with his innovative concepts proven to deliver the most energy-efficient and costeffective facilities in the world . Jay has a Professional Engineer ( PE ) licence in Electrical Engineering .

Improving power usage effectiveness It ’ s fair to say sustainable data centre design has become more important than ever before , given the power-hungry AI and hyperscale deployments which are increasingly dominating the industry .

According to Wavestone , data centres currently account for around 4 % of global electricity consumption , while the carbon footprint of the wider IT sector is estimated at 1.4 % of overall global emissions . AI server deployment will inevitably require more power and more water .

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