 Hey everybody, welcome welcome welcome. We are live on the floor of ITW 2023 This is ITW extra powered by JSA TV the official broadcast of ITW 2023 We're coming to you from National Harbor in Maryland next to DC Godokutaya CEO of JSA dear friend. I'm not gonna say old. Thank you, Jamie We grew up together here in this industry. So we won't say old just Um educated. There you go. Yeah, we have expertise. Yes, we're getting getting better over the years Anyway, Tom Brown guys if you don't know already president and CEO of Hudson inter exchange Tom Welcome back to JSA TV. Well, thank you, Jamie, and it's a pleasure and it's great to be back at ITW We are excited. How many ITWs is this for you? You know, it's funny I was asked this morning when I was registering and I think this probably is gonna be 20 plus Do I get a pin for that or any? I remember when it was GT. Well, it wasn't GTM. We captured it from them. That's right But yeah, but for those unfamiliar with Hudson inter exchange the few perhaps Can you introduce yourself and and a little bit about your company? Sure again, Tom Brown president CEO of Hudson inter exchange We are the single largest data center and internet platform at the historic 60 Hudson Street where we boast 120,000 square feet over two floors where we have 15 megawatts of power and people can't believe that we can actually do do that in a building of that age And where we have access to over 300 service providers. Well, it's a it's a key beautiful building our We go back to 60 Hudson together and I can tell you it is one of the premier carry hotels of the world So that address holding so much weight so much history in our in our well evolution of the internet Not to mention our industry so Let's get to it. You had a number of recent announcements Such as tenants like Kato whom we love Rolling out its bare metal service platform into your data center at 60 Hudson What other updates do you have for us? Sure? So let me go back since we last been on JSA TV earlier part of 2022 we were acquired by Cdl which is an emerging Private equity firm out of London that is now very very focused on the US We were the first acquisition within the US and looking to build upon that so Listen here that there there's going to be additional Opportunities here in the US that we're looking at and we're really excited what lies ahead as for Kato We're really really excited about that to offer up Services where actually applications are now coming to the data center as opposed to the critical infrastructure and Low-carbon which is really really important the I maces and climate accord We were one of the original 73 to sign on because it's just a very very important element about and our strategy about being responsible, right and it's got to be a collaborative effort It's it's not about what you're doing is about what we're all doing about it and working together particularly in a building like 60 Huston Street, which is built in 1930 where you do have challenges, but we're really really excited about that and We are deploying them now, and we're gonna actually have a kickoff in in June So we're really really excited about bringing a bare metal service 60 Huston Street to complement our core competencies And you mentioned I mason's we are also media partners by mason's we love them or members So and of course Dean Nelson and author of greener data volume one and volume two So we can't send more love out to I mason's and Kato digital of course So good partners good people and talking people we have seen your team walking this amazing floor here at ITW Available for meetings. What kind of partnerships connections? Are you really hoping to come away with this week? So we're fostering and continuing to build upon the ecosystem, right? And our team is here not only to leverage those and bring those Partners in because it's all about Operational efficiency and and being able to be cost-effective given that it's a challenge within 60 Hudson Street So we're excited to bring these partners on and then we also leverage the the ongoing partnership Arena here that ITW offers. This is the Super Bowl of Of telecom so I love that. I love that the Super Bowl of telecom right here ITW So if you are one of the few that had to be staying at home this week, where can they go to learn more? We'd leverage social media very heavily Jamie whether it's the WWW. Hudson IX calm whether it's LinkedIn all the social media outlets is is is where We are One that regularly posts because it's important to continue our messaging and to create those partnerships Yeah, so so important guys Hudson IX comm Tom always a pleasure. I really appreciate your time. You're inside your expertise my my friend And thank you viewers for tuning in to ITW extra powered by JSA TV. Happy networking. Thanks, Jamie