 Hey everybody! Hello out there! It's the end of month once again and you know what that means. It's time to welcome you to another edition of JSA's Fast Forward. Thanks for joining us as we broadcast live online via LinkedIn and YouTube and through our very own JSA TV newsroom. I'm Dean Perrine, Executive Vice President at JSA. And I'm Jamie Scottokataya, Founder and CEO of JSA. And today guys, get ready, we are going to be teaching you the ABCs from the world of tech telecom and data centers. That's right. We're going to hit all of November's best headlines on JSA's Telecom News Now blog from A to Z. From AI to Zettabyte. And from Access Points to Zipfile, I guess. Okay, you got it. Let's go ahead and kick things off. We're starting at the very beginning. A is for Asia, capacity Asia, that is, which is happening right now. It's APAC's most senior connectivity conference going on in Singapore. JSA is there on the floor with our senior account director, Ms. Jennifer Spano. So make sure you say, Jen! In our November news alphabet, A is for Asia and B is for billion, as in one billion dollars. That's the price tag for Prime data centers is new Chicago data center campus. B is also for breaking ground, which they just did to begin work on the construction project, which is set to become the largest facility in the Chicago land area at over 750,000 square feet. That's right. 750,000 square feet. That's pretty impressive stuff there. Yeah. Yeah. That's a lot of square feet. And funny, you should mention Chicago, Mr. Dino, because that's the word of the day for letter C on our show. A, B, C. Easy as one, two, three. Simple as don't rate me. A, B, C. Easy as one. No, baby, you and me. Sing a J. Get it. That was perfect. I'm so sorry, guys. I can't do any of that. Anyway, sorry. Moving on. So we debated which one of us was going to be the Jackson Five, and I think that we decided that you were going to be Tito and that I would be Janet. Okay. Yeah. All right. So what are we talking about again? I don't know. Chicago, I think. Chicago. Chicago. That's right. C is for Chicago, guys. So while Prime data centers is just breaking ground in Chicago, T5 data centers just finished their project, recently completing phase two of their Chicago Two data center, which is now open for business. It's the only facility with 20 megawatts of available space right now in the market. So get it while it's hot. That's right. So let's move on to the letter D now. It partially stands for Dean Perine, who recently announced that he has achieved the perfect ratio of peanut butter to jam on a sandwich. And I'll give you a hint. It is making sure that it is exactly the same amount, peanut butter to jam. Gotta have it this way. No way. No way. You're going to have more peanut butter and stick you. Anyway. All right. Perhaps most importantly for our industry, D also stands for Data Bank, of course, who recently announced the completion of its migration of four Houston area data centers to their edge co-location and interconnect platform, formerly owned by Cyrus Won, these freshly functional acquisitions add 42 and a half megawatts of available power to their services in the region. Well, congrats to us both then. We are now at the letter E and E stands for entrepreneur. It's easier to say when you aren't thinking about it. Entrepreneur of the year, in fact, Fyre Sense founder and CEO Mark England has been awarded the entrepreneur of the year award by Australia's Percy Foundation. The award recognizes an outstanding entrepreneur who is making an impact both locally and globally. Well done, Mark. And I will work on saying the word entrepreneur for our next fast forward. Yeah. And so well deserved. So well deserved. Mark is incredible entrepreneur. The E word. Okay. So now we're moving on. All right. All right. To the letter F where I know Mr. Dean will make some F word jokes. So go ahead, go ahead. No, Jamie. Jamie, come on now. I am a serious mature fellow. So I would never do anything like that. I'm waiting. Okay. The F word for today is five stars. Oh, okay. That's a good one. I'm keeping it above board today, Jamie. So after fast forward, we can drop some F bombs. Okay. Our friends that light path recently scored a five star rating on the 2022 global real estate sustainability benchmark report, something that I know is near and dear to your heart captain. The rating is a reflection of sustainability benchmarks where light path managed to achieve a score of 96 out of 100. Well done to our friends that like that. Very exciting. Proud of you guys. All right, guys, we are on to the letter G for grand opening. The grand opening in question is for Data Bank's brand new data center facility in Salt Lake City happening tomorrow morning, December, December, tomorrow, December 1st. Also, it's there six in that Salt Lake City area. So congratulations, Data Bank. And speaking of upcoming events today, H is for Honolulu, the location of PTC 2023 taking place January 15th through the 18th. JSA TV will be there as always rolling out the green carpet in Honolulu with live streaming interviews from the PTC hub. And we hope to see you there. And I love the green carpet sustainability. We love that. All right. Can't wait to see you guys in Hawaii. But right before we need to talk the letter I, which is in this instance, India. That's where next truck just announced construction of the largest data center in Eastern India. The 25 megawatt facility will be located in Kolkata and serve next to his 13 large scale facility in the country. It's not standing. So that's the letter I and we couldn't land on the letter J without tuning our own horn just a bit. J is for JSA today. Oh, yeah. I like that one. Yeah. That's correct. It's also for our friend Yao, Yao with a J, Yao Marquise, Marquez Lima, as he'll be leading a JSA TV live two day event featured across all of JSA social media channels and website next month. Very cool stuff happening there. The interview series will take place on December 14th and 15th featuring thought leaders across Europe on the top of 2023 predictions. Very cool stuff there. Yes, yes, yes. We were already doing some planning today with Yao and it is going to be awesome. So definitely tune in. Don't miss it, which brings us to the letter K for the newest member of the Forbes Technology Council. Yes, we are talking you, Kim, Gonellius. Kim is the CCO and co-founder, of course, of Verne Global Finland. And as an invitation-only council, this is mega cool guides. All members have to be vetted and selected. So great accomplishment, Kim. Congratulations. Yeah, that is awesome. So let's see here. Now we are at ABCDEFG, H-I-J-K-L. We are at L. Or as my daughter would say, L-M-N-O-B, all one letter, L. If you've ever seen my handwriting, you think the same about me, probably. A doctor. That's right. I'm writing my descriptions, everything. Doctor of data centers. Okay, so what's L stand for, Dino? Or do I need to check on my daughter's Sesame Street episode to figure this out? No, I got this. I got this. L is for Light Path, who recently entered the Miami connectivity market with a brand spanking new, all fiber network that stretches over 135 miles. It's significant. It also stands for Light Path's upcoming lunch and learn. Lots of L's there where attendees can learn all about the new fiber option in Miami, complete with a free lunch. Who doesn't love a free lunch? Check out lightpathfiber.com for more information. Love that, lightpathfiber.com. All right, guys, we are on to M now, our alphabet flying by M standing for Metro Connect. We had to major digital infrastructure leadership event, taking place at the end of January, Fault Lauderdale, Florida. JSA TV will be there, live streaming interviews, Dean himself. So make sure you reach out if you'd like to schedule an interview with Dino, live in person, Dino. Who wouldn't want to schedule an interview with me, right, J? I think it's cool. I do too, I do too. And so now we are arriving at the letter N, which stands for new hire. The new hire announcement comes from ConnectBase, who added Rob Carter to its leadership team as chief operating officer this month. So congratulations to ConnectBase, the ConnectBase team, and to Rob Carter. Congratulations on the new position. Yes, great, great hire there. We also got another new hire, Greatness, with the letter O. So that stands for Osin O Merchu, the new vice president of development at Stream Data Centers. Outstanding pronunciation, J, that was great. So good, good luck to both executives in their new roles. Definitely, congratulations, guys. And we are wishing you a prosperous, productive future and present and past and probable projections too. Dean? I hope prestige and purpose are on their path wherever they pass. Dean? Not to mention profit and prosperity. Oh, Dean. This message is brought to you by the letter P. Oh, what is it? It's brought to you by the letter P. P, you say. Okay, just get over it before you all start talking about picking peck of peppers. Pick of pepper pe- P is for power partners. As in inks inaugural power partner awards, that were just announced. The awards recognized B2B organizations across the globe that have improved track records of supporting entrepreneurs, there's that word again, that helps startups grow, including on the list where our friends at Involta. Congratulations. Yay, yay. Now we're on to the news. Involta makes waves this month by announcing a live digital data center tour in partnership with our friends over at Data Center Dynamics, called the Enterprise Edge broadcast. I love that. The tour of their Ohio facility will also feature panel and live Q&A session. Sounds fun. It does indeed sound fun. And speaking of Q&A, Q is for Quebec, Montreal, Quebec to be specific. That's where our friends at Cologix expanded their Microsoft collaboration this month, adding a fourth Azure Express route on ramp in Montreal. This is in addition to some other news from Cologix this month, announcing the expansion of Cologix Access Marketplace, a virtual connection platform into the company's New Jersey and Silicon Valley data center. So that's going on there with our friends up north at Cologix. Congratulations. Oh my goodness. And if you're just joining us, by the way, I see you all in the chat. Thanks so much for those messages. We love you guys. We appreciate the kudos. So the P highlighting. But if you are just joining us, we are going through each letter of the alphabet with a great story for each letter. Thanks to our writer and right from the pages of our JSA blog TNN over the last month. So thank you guys. And we made it all the way to the letter R right now. So Dino, go ahead and take it away. Okay, I'm just glad there are no more peas. Okay, R is for recertification. This month, Light Edge announced recertification for a total of 10 compliance standards, including SOC one, two and three, as well as ISO 22301, a new certification for them. So congratulations to our friends at Light Edge. Yeah, and Candace just said the power of Perrine. And S is keeping his train rolling. S is for SAS, of course, software as a service guys. The news is around the SAS offering by Connectbase, who rolled out another product update this month. Amazing. This platform is called Connected World. It can now perform right-of-way near-net analysis automatically, guys. That's pretty crazy. This means users can just identify serviceable locations, narrow fiber route easier than ever before. Pretty cool. Wish I had that when I was over at Telex. This is a game changer, what's going on over there at Connectbase, and they're getting so much, much to recognition for that SAS platform, so I'm good on them. T is for title in particular, the title of the most innovative startup from Pittsburgh Technology Council. That's right. Data Center and IT Services Company, I am critical, recently won the award as part of the 2022 Tech 50 Awards, this month being named to the top company in their category. So this is a pretty significant award for the local Pittsburgh community. Basically, I am, as a data center, was awarded their top technology provider award there in Pittsburgh. So congratulations to I am. And you know what? We are getting down to it now, Dean. We are all the way up to you right now. Me? You. Yeah. You, as in you, uptime 99.999% uptime. As a matter of fact, that's the reliability offered by Horizon on their newly completed fiber optic network in Dayton, Ohio. That new route ties into 6000 route miles of fiber that Horizon already uses to service Ohio. Yeah, I love it. I love what's going on here in the Midwest with our fiber providers, especially those who are hitting some of those rural markets. Congratulations to Horizon. So now moving on to the letter V. This one involves JSA2. V is for our, our last virtual roundtable of the year. So while it's sad, it is also hosted by our friend and everyone's top of everyone's list in telecom. Mr. Robert Powell is going to be hosting this one of telecom ramblings, you know, and love him as much as we do. It takes place December 8th and will be all about infrastructure and one of Jamie's favorite topics, sustainability predictions for 2023. The first 100 residents, registrants will receive a free lunch. So make sure that you sign up too. Yeah, I love that. I love that. Get your free lunch, sign up, and let's talk sustainability predictions for the new year. All right. Next up, W. W is for wholesale, that's wholesale collection. No, no, no, no, wholesale co-location, the purpose of Prime Data Center's newly announced Silicon Valley facility. They broke ground this month in Santa Clara on an 80,000 square foot data center that will be all built to suit. So very cool prime. Yeah, excellent there. And X is for BDX, naturally, who has been busy this month. BDX launched the development of a 100 megawatt hyperscale data center campus in Jakarta, Indonesia. Upon completion, it will be their 11th data center in the Asia Pacific region. So congratulations to BDX. Yeah, and you know what? This next one also involves BDX, this time through. It's Y for Yangtze River, the Yangtze River Delta, where BDX built a sustainable design and build project last year. And this month, they won an Asia Pacific Cloud and Data Center award for it. So yay, this facility features all kinds of modern high efficiency features, and they're very proud as they should be of this recognition. Well done. Yeah, yeah, I'm very proud of them as well. We started at A and we're all the way through the alphabet to the last letter, Z. And Z is for zero, as in net zero carbon emissions by 2030. That's the goal of Databank's new Senior Director of Sustainability, Jenny Gurson. Gurson was hired this month to implement the company's ESG initiatives and has her site set on a pretty meaningful goal. So congratulations and good luck to Jenny Gurson on their zero carbon emissions by 2030. A lofty goal to say the least. I will say absolutely. We should send her a copy of our best-selling book, Reiner Data, just to give her a few more ideas. Actually, Databank wrote a chapter in it, so absolutely something that she's probably already read. They're fucking stuffers for her family, right? Speaking of books, that's another edition of JSA Fast Forward in the books. We went from A to Z with all the latest news and headlines from Telecom News Now, and now you're all caught up. So next time, yes, we did it. Take care, everyone. And as always, happy networking. See you next time.