 Hey everybody it's end of month yet again and you know what that means it is time to welcome you to just another edition of JSA's Fast Forward. Thank you for joining us as we broadcast live online via LinkedIn and YouTube and through our very own JSA TV newsroom. So hi guys I'm Jamie Scott of Kataya founder and CEO of JSA. And I'm Dean Perine executive vice president at JSA and we're here to bring you the latest and greatest from the world of tech telecom and of course data centers. Today we're going to start things off by tooting our own horn. Yeah I mean that was cute. Good toots. We absolutely have to have to get excited here. We can't hold back our excitement. All right let's do it Jamie let them know. All right guys I am really honored to announce JSA has been ranked 3700 on the 2022 Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest growing private companies. It is the second year in a row that we've been recognized on this list and we are just so grateful to our JSA family our clients our community our industry leaders for getting us there. So thank you everybody and I can't believe it. Yeah I can't either Jamie. I can't believe where we are compared to like five years ago let alone when you started the company however many years ago that was. It's pretty astonishing what we've done and what feels like a short amount of time. I know almost 18 years ago January 1 will be 18 years and now we're across the country and the world 15 members strong. JSA family members and I could not be proud more proud of our little agency that could if you will. So thank you guys for the kind recognition and support all these years. Yeah thank you to the Inc. 5000 and Jamie I assume that you are going to be popping some champagne with the with the family probably not the baby but probably champagne this weekend to celebrate it's definitely well deserved. Pop pop pop yeah I wouldn't mind that but I'd also prefer maybe and maybe again this is because we have a baby at home a nice long nap just as much. That feels just as celebratory as the champagne does at this point. So let's get into the fast forward of the headlines for the past month. You ready to go Jay? Definitely let's go for it. Okay our telecom news now blog was especially full of think pieces this month so let's start there. Yeah you know what you're so right there's a lot of great opinion articles industry analyses going on that really readers got to dive right in and if you haven't here's your chance now to learn more about them. Yeah you don't want to miss this let's start off with some unnotable piece about data gravity. This is data gravity is a very fuzzy word and has been for a couple years now but the folks at 1623 Farnham are making some interesting observations about next generation technologies generating gravity toward their applications and how edge data centers can play an important part. It's a good read for anyone interested in taking a look at into the crystal ball Jamie and I like to use this a lot into the crystal ball to see what kind of tech is around the corner and what the ramifications of that technology might be. Yeah and sticking with our crystal ball theme another popular piece this month was an interview with T5's Craig McKesson we always love talking with him while he did a really great talk about meeting data center electricity demands in the future with intelligent power AI machine learning lots of great stuff there. Absolutely so Jay if you had a crystal ball if we had a crystal ball and and you looked at what would you what would you hope to see in the crystal ball Jamie? I'm just trying to see like is a crystal ball even on Amazon like I don't know. Potentially it could be you know a piece of the ink 5000 so but that's already happened. Yeah yeah well I would probably go ahead and look into it and see my academy award winner so I can nail my next Oscar pool. You are a shrewd leader Jay. What about you Dino? I would look to see if I ever learn to actually cook specifically like a risotto or if I just kind of live the my entire life in shame with the people around me saying that it's good but obviously it not being particularly good. I'd love to learn if I actually learn how to cook or and skateboard as I told you I'm going to take some skateboard lessons with Max. Yeah your son oh that'll be so much fun and so cool of you dad. Yeah so maybe you know the risotto this the skateboarding maybe you should try a magic eight ball can I skate? Yeah I mean I think it will probably bubble up and say probably not but either way either way there's probably a magic eight ball app on the on the internet right now but anyway we digress. Yeah okay back to the stories of the month. Oh yeah right go ahead. Oh right that's me okay another popular article was a summary of a conversation with Luis Fialo of China Telecom Americas again another great industry thought leader. He discusses the Latin American market the pandemic and other interesting topics another must see must check out piece for sure. Yeah yeah there's a ton of these another article garnering a lot of attention was a piece about the partnership between salute mission critical and edge connects two companies that we absolutely adore here at JSA and how how they're working together on some exciting green initiatives again green is we're all we're all going green and that's a very good thing it's a unique partnership and the article is a great read for anyone interested in data center sustainability practices. I believe they are both my authors and data as well just side note. All right and one final thing piece we need to mention guys top tips to prevent costly internet slowdowns and odd and outages that is a submission from our friends at light path this one is really the first in a new series that's featuring on the TNN blog. Yeah it's a TNN blog that's right connectivity provider light path is showcasing its leadership launching an informative blog series called illuminations by light path I love that name the blog will be featured on our own JSA channels and include insights on trends and topics ranging from cloud security a very very big thing to preventing outages as Jamie said in all and all in a summarized form much like these videos with links to four articles on the light path website so check that out love it love it love it you can also find more information about light path offerings and the company's latest news so if you are not already a subscriber of our weekly jsa data center telecom and tech headlines newsletter be sure to sign us sign up for them and you will also get the latest blogs from light path so send directly to your email you can do that on jsa.net that's right and if you're not already a subscriber then shame on you make sure that you subscribe right away and of course the TNN blog isn't just about op-eds and thought leadership it's also a place for breaking news and industry headlines very true Dino there's a lot of news happening it's crazy very hot week uh in month so let's go ahead and get right into it with the big announcements you got it you got it several of this month's announcements worth facility expansions i would say several of this year's announcements have been facility expansions but one such announcement came from our friends at next or i'm sorry xtel who unveiled their new data center in newark new jersey this is their third facility and a sign of their commitment to expand their footprint in the new york city area and markets magic three from xtel awesome news okay also talking expanding footprints collogics announced an expansion of their columbus ohio area data center campus to the tune of oh 150 million dollar investment and it's already yeah the big bucks big bucks and great news for columbus it's one of two that they already own and run in that columbus area yeah and sticking in the midwest of ohio expansion news this time with involta you know how i like john involta they announced an expansion of their cleveland area data center which will increase the campus with 14 000 that's right 14 000 square feet of space and one megawatt of power so good news going on there in ohio with involta i know i love ohio let's go ahead and move over to uh nebraska now our final bit of expansion news for the month 16 23 farna we love those guys recent recently completed a 40 million dollar expansion of its nebraska data center 16 23 president todd cushing gave us an overview of all the new enhancements and a really great article about this innovative data center company so another real must read especially for those in the data center community who are uh interested in connectivity and expansion Todd is such a good guy too i really uh really like working with him um anyway all of this expansion news jamie makes me want to uh think about expansion here at the uh the purine uh residence i'm thinking really outdoor patio or actually my office um just around the corner there's a uh there's a room that is unfinished for perhaps a bathroom so maybe i might end up maybe i might end up in one of the fast words as an expanding bathroom oh yeah i i'm a little little nervous i won't lie i i love you so much dean i'm just a little nervous about you and power tools like oh yeah you know you use your fingers every day my friend so you know maybe less home depot and more to risotto that's a great idea jay that's a very very good idea and you're probably right i just think i like saying the word like you know construction and you know breakfast nook and things like that i i don't even eat breakfast but i love the idea of like being able to have a nook look at that my friend you could do it i'm gonna hand it over to you and this and this next one is where you get to say the last name that i wasn't able to pronounce yes you well uh we're we are talking new hires and promotions this month really big news actually because he is such an industry vet such a uh a remarkable uh gentleman who's made such big waves here in our industry this month in volt are announced industry vet gary wojo watched us sick as the newest member of their board of directors you might know gary we call him wojo uh he's also the founder and ceo of rec nation cool new startup he started which is very cool but uh and follow him if you're not on social uh really great fun insights from him and his wife as they uh are via cross the nation also he you probably know him as president and former president and ceo of saris one where he um uh did a great great work with uh building that data center out he's also an operating executive over at the carline growth so great win for invulter for sure yeah and i feel like i'm living vicariously through uh through him you know all of these great things that he's doing and the rec nation stuff very very cool um but uh in other personnel additions this month light river announced that brian has a has a go gawa gawa yeah has a goa has a goa as their new cfo he most recently served as cfo at intermedia so going from uh intermedia to light river uh a very very good uh good move for him awesome yeah yeah awesome move there and and talking cfo news collogics cfo rachel's fact was named one of denver business journals c suite award winners yes go rachel the award honors executive leaders who recognize opportunities identify manage risk and achieve profitable growth so way to go yeah outstanding job uh to you there rachel and in other award news light edge was named number seven in the 2022 channel futures msp 501 rankings that is a mouthful let me say that again uh they were ranked number seven in the 2022 channel futures msp 501 rankings the channel futures 501 is a global list of its six in its 16th 16th year but so it's quite the distinction from light ed so congratulations i'm so glad to be done with this one so congratulations to everyone at light edge very very cool you actually did a phenomenal job with with that there's a lot there yeah that's a goa yeah i i actually i'm taking a sip of my my coffee and saying okay so what else you got dean very good very good jimmy thank you for the passing the baton so quickly um i've we've got all kinds we've got all kinds of new products new deployments new partnerships you name it and a patron a pair of trees jimmy are you one of those people who can't who start celebrating christmas in october you know it you saw actually our house is already decorated in halloween because ava's going through a halloween phase but we digress okay go ahead go ahead dina let's one fascinating bit of news comes from edge connects there's always fascinating bits of news coming from edge connects and their venture voltera this is truly a uh of uh a real i believe that this is going to be the first and probably not the last we hear of this kind of relationship between data centers and and power providers at any rate um so edge connects uh has started a venture called voltera the new company is aiming for the electric vehicle market building and operating charging facilities was very exciting so we used to think about jay and you know this we used to talk about data centers as as it um as it relates to space and power and cooling and things like that power being the operative word and these people have have really figured out how to uh to manage the aqua the acquisition and maintenance of of power including sustainable power and so what better way or vertical to kind of transition to things like uh electrical like evs and ev fleets and things like that that's what voltera is all about so it's very very cool stuff yes and as a driver of an ev i thank you all right more exciting stuff also springing up with connect base you guys uh remember they were formerly connected to fiber connect base very cool new rebrand while they are teaming up with cantera networks cantera is the most recent addition to the connected world which is connect base's ecosystem of customers and technology partners so congratulations guys yep and speaking of additions linkin rackhouse data centers added another asset with its acquisition of a facility in atlanta atlanta again a big hub right um it is going to adding 185 000 square feet and seven megawatts megawatts megawatts of power to its arsenal so uh we're on their rackhouse in atlanta well done um also one big breaking news from this month just came came in today they wrote this in i'm about to read it out all right it's um it's all about collagex annual esg report oh good i know this news okay there's a lot of interesting stuff in this one um and it's also online it's pretty awesome anyway a lot of interesting stuff from one of the industry's most prominent players collagex but there was one thing in particular that stood out so uh let's get right to it sustainability of course being near and dear to our hearts here at jsa following some studies they conducted last year in their report collagex announced their commitment to become carbon neutral by 2030 yay collagex amazing goal may many follow in your path j realize 2030 is it's going to be a heartbeat away i mean that that is an aggressive goal that is it is it is absolutely and we need to do so much work to get there together as a community um you know i can't say enough about it um and by the way greener data could several several guidelines a different author every chapter with their take on how they're doing it says another must read sorry moving on i figured you were going to segue yourself into that but um either way it is really really great to see data center organizations take leadership uh like this with these these green initiatives and i hope we get to speak more and more about that as the uh the year winds down and 23 uh winds up so good stuff there yeah absolutely and an interesting transition because again these things are so important to the human race we're going to move now from sustainability to healthcare a new direction this month can coming in in the form of light edge joining the high trust inheritance program high trust is an hi tr usd alone uh also with their subsidiary infinite high trust is really the gold standard guys for healthcare and biotech and light edge will become one of the very few msp's as part of this compliance standards program so congrats uh light edge and and infinite infinite yeah we got it um another big move came from net number global data centers global data services who unveiled a new look and feel following their acquisition by aubrey partners just last month the new brand was launched at a three day event at the world famous indianapolis motor speedway i've been there many a times as a as a hoosier it's very cool very cool venue super fun event guys and kudos to our amazing jsa events team for helping pull that one off uh with with the net number team so congrats everyone yeah jamie have you ever been to a uh like a nascar race a race car race drag strip drag race have you ever been to one yeah i have but to be honest i get really bored easily i feel like i just my head kind of goes in circles so not sure if i'd go back i know a lot of people are going to hate me for saying that maybe wait if lady gaga was performing in the middle of the track where the race was going on now i could get into that yeah i mean that's a it's a weird combination but i mean i could be i could get into that too so so how about singing the national anthem do you think you could stand up in front of like you know 60 60 000 people and sing the national anthem wait me or lady gaga you no oh no no no no one would want to hear that no one but lady gaga now we're talking i would i would honestly pay big money to watch you sing the national anthem you realize guys how off-script we are right now right anyway let's look ahead at the upcoming industry events calendar some exciting events out are uh in our community that uh you all should be aware of jay one one yeah absolutely first is a virtual roundtable uh coming up september 15th it is hosted by horizon um and it's all about dense fiber deployments and feature speakers from several different parts of the industry so really very cool on and could check it out no matter where you are virtual that's right another fun event is dcac the data center anti-conference going on in austin texas september 27th and 28th it promises to be a data center conference like no other and this was all in caps on my screw here so that it's definitely going to be a data it's going to be a bet like no other i promise you um so make sure that you put the dcac event on your calendar september 27th and 28th in austin texas yeah dcac very cool people very cool event i think it's an seventh year don't quote me on that one but there's a really cool t-shirts i remember yes absolutely and fun things to do like get a shape are you walking down the right yeah yeah i mean i don't but all right anyway let us not forget about the hottest week in our community coming up with guys september 14th 15th and a little bit of 16th i mean it is a hot week we've got three events for the price of one in that in that week so let's kick it off here we have also in austin like dcac um you've got austin data cloud usa september 14th through the 15th taking place again this is just a few weeks away guys jsa will be there to cover all the stories and happenings live yep jsa tv live like this right here uh broadcasting across multiple social platforms and websites right from the show floor so watch for our setup with cameras the jsa backdrop come by you can't miss us we want to hear from you absolutely we'll also be at infrastructure summit in toronto also september 14th and 15th so make sure you drop by and say hi this is a really good time for people to have split personalities because if you've got to be at all of these events at the same time that that might um that might help out i know and maybe it's like we're where are you closest we've got austin we've got toronto and finally guys are really really really really want to go to there's platform congress and and team france yeah south of france bring it that's september 14th 15th and 16th really kicking it off 15 16th barb and i from jsa we are you know taking a hint for the team i notice you didn't say dean's name in this i have nothing to do with this i know i'm sorry i'm sorry well next next time you know we know it's it's pulling you from your clients it's so easy but yeah we'll be flying out to france very excited um to be there um and by the way guys incredible attendance and speaker lineup this is the first time uh that there is a platform congress this is a brand new event but it's really cool we've got investors buyers sellers across our digital infrastructure industry and we here at jsa we're going to be rolling out the green carpet it's what we like to say um because we'll we're going to be talking to the folks there live jsa tv live and there's a lot of talk there from conference sessions and hopefully in our interviews as well um all about supporting sustainable energy technologies for our industry and the incredible investment opportunities that are now out there uh for sustainability uh success stories and and the data centers and infrastructure uh folks who are really um got a plan of action going so again more reasons to get green get green to go green i think get green go green be green i think it all works but remember that's correct it's like it's like green effort sustainability things like that plus money so maybe we can make it both happen right so let's do it yeah so remember if you'd like to connect with us at one of these events or any of these events and even maybe be featured on jsa tv while you're there make sure to email us at my favorite email address say hi at jsa.net again that's say a uh s a y h i say hi at jsa.net that's right that's right and if you want to read more about the stories we mentioned and discover some of your own go ahead and check out the latest news and info from the world of data centers and telecom on the telecom news now blog jsa.net oh and wait um you can also check out the amazon can you see this okay uh the amazon bestseller greener data all proceeds of this book guys uh and and serious does here all these proceeds we've extended the launch proceeds um a little uh promotion that we've done uh to go through september so all proceeds will be donated to direct relief for ukraine so do good with good yeah i love it and uh j summer isn't going to last forever i can already i mean it's it's really hot here in northwest indiana right now but the trees are already starting to color just a little bit yeah yeah which is beautiful but uh you know summer isn't going to last forever we need to get outside we need to see the sun we need to take uh skateboard lessons uh and learn how to cook and we need to sing the national anthem at the at indiana home depot anyway that's episode not hosted by home depot yeah really it's like a product it's like the anti-product sponsor right but really guys stay stay safe take care everyone hope to see you at many of uh one of these many wonderful uh fall industry events coming up quickly and as always guys happy networking