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VPS CEO Dean Nelson on Flipping Data Centers’ Wasteful Status Quo

VPS CEO Dean Nelson on Flipping Data Centers’ Wasteful Status Quo

Update: 2021-08-04

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The former infrastructure head at eBay and Uber talks about his first year on the vendor side, VPS’s technology vision, the largest data center operators' efforts to get to zero carbon, and Infrastructure Masons' work to improve the industry's new-talent pipeline.

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VPS CEO Dean Nelson on Flipping Data Centers’ Wasteful Status Quo

VPS CEO Dean Nelson on Flipping Data Centers’ Wasteful Status Quo

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