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a Word With Ward

a Word With Ward

By: Ward Hampton
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 We are a video podcast focused on the High Growth word of data centres. Series 1 is all about data centre entrepreneurs who have either been on the 'found, scale and exit' journey, or who are on their maiden voyage. If you have an interest in the industry, these are the people you are going to want to hear from.2024 Economics
Episodes
  • Diarmid Massey

    Diarmid Massey
    Oct 7 2025

    Ward Hampton talks with Diarmid Massey, CEO of ESR’s data center business, about his journey from rural England to leading data center expansion across Asia-Pacific. Diarmid shares how ESR is rapidly scaling in Japan, Korea, Australia, and India, leveraging local expertise and logistics roots. They discuss Asia’s massive growth potential, industry challenges around ESG and diversity, and the future of AI-driven infrastructure. A sharp look at the forces shaping Asia’s data center boom.
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    20 mins
  • Tim Hughes

    Tim Hughes
    Aug 27 2025

    Ward Hampton interviews Tim Hughes from Stack Infrastructure about his unconventional journey from Target overnight shifts and punk rock bands to leading development at one of the data center industry's fastest-growing companies, discussing Stack's hiring philosophy, the "vaporware" problem plaguing the industry, and why human capital matters more than financial capital in project execution.
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    26 mins
  • Oliver Schiebel

    Oliver Schiebel
    Aug 7 2025
    Oliver Schiebel is the CEO of hscale, a newly launched European data center platform backed by Bain Capital. Oliver is a 20+ year veteran of the telecommunications and data center industry who previously built the data center business for German utility Mainova, which recently saw a partial sale to BlackRock, and held senior roles at various data center providers including helping build Interxion's Frankfurt campus. In this episode, Oliver discusses hscale's ambitious European expansion strategy, launching with a gigawatt of development pipeline across Oslo, Milan, Barcelona, Madrid, Frankfurt, and London. He covers the challenges facing hyperscale customers in sourcing capacity, the industry's shift to liquid cooling, hscale's hybrid cooling approach, and their renewable energy partnerships including solar-powered campuses in Spain. Oliver also highlights the often-overlooked issue of cybersecurity in the data center industry.
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    27 mins
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