 Welcome back to JSA TV live from PTC 23 the newsroom for tech Telecom and data center professionals Buffy Harakitas, and we are live from PTC 23 here in sunny Honolulu, Hawaii and joining me today is Matt peel chief executive officer at crane data centers Matt Welcome to JSA TV. Thanks so much. Glad to be here Yeah, it's such an honor to have you here. It's your first time. I believe at PTC. No, I've been here quite a long time I've been coming I think for about 14 times So this is I've been been here many many times and really love this conference and great to see some old friends And make some new ones as well. So you're a veteran a little bit PTC, but you did have some exciting new news That was launched here PTC I believe it was just yesterday about your company entering into the data center industry Into the Portland market. That's right. Talk a little bit more about that. Absolutely. We're really excited about this announcement We'll be partnering with principle and Bringing new capacity to a market. That's really really exciting As I'm sure, you know, Portland is growing really quickly and we're really excited about being in that market Yeah, it sounds super exciting. We had some custom chocolates From that market delivered by Connie yesterday. So thank you for that Absolutely and some great information coming out of that Announcement that press release here at PTC But let's let's go back for a second. Why don't you tell viewers a little bit more about crane? Sure? And what makes it so unique? Yeah, absolutely. So There's a few things that really make crane different. So most of the folks on our team are industry veterans we come from the world of customers and as such we really can't bring a customer-centric lens to Building and developing and operating data centers. And so obviously we're really excited about this new project in Portland Really bringing a lens of sustainability. I think that's important to everyone and we're really passionate about that And so for this project, we are going to be emphasizing some of the more sustainable elements in Both the building process as well as the operations of the facility. Yeah I mean, obviously, we're very passionate about sustainability as well as you can see We have our greener datum movement and the greener data directory that we just launched yesterday here at PTC as well Do you want to talk a little bit more about some of those sustainability initiatives? Yeah, I'd love to so One of the things that we're really passionate about is using renewable energy and so in this site We're actually going to have a an onsite substation that connects to the wholesale power market And so customers will be able to access a hundred percent renewable energy hydro wind solar, etc So that's something that is a bit unique. Many of the data centers in that market and others Tend not to have onsite substations or and be able to tap the wholesale power markets And we think that's a good thing for customers. We'll also be using recycled water Which is also unique a lot of times data centers use potable water And sometimes that's necessary, of course, but we prefer to not make that choice versus and or instead You know utilizing a resource that would otherwise go unused and that's great for customers It'll lower the PUE and lower their their costs, but also be good for the environment Yeah, I mean good for the environment good for the planet is definitely a key Part of what we're doing and definitely such a key part of our industry now and it's a critical hot topic So it's really good to hear about all those sustainable initiatives that you're injecting into this new project in Portland But if we go back to Portland and then market Specifically, can you talk a little bit more about what's going on in that market? Yeah, and how this data center will enable and help some of these Enterprises and organizations in that market hyperscalers, I believe as well Talk a little bit more about that. Yeah, no, it's great. Happy to so one of the interesting things about the Greater Portland market is that there are large enterprises in addition to some of the hyperscalers located there And we're really focused on large enterprise They have some unique needs that smaller customers don't have as far as future flexibility growth in one location We want to enable that and be a provider that's very flexible So we're really excited about helping customers in a way that is differentiated in in the market That sounds exciting And is there anything else that you wanted to add about any other types of companies that could be best served by your data center? Absolutely. So one of the things You know with using recycled water for calling it actually allows more density So customers that have higher density compute applications Would be a perfect application to be in our data centers because we can accommodate those customers Of course, that's not for everyone and it just depends on customer need But we want to be able to serve customers when and where they're at in their their journey and adopting various technologies Well, I mean such exciting news already to start off 2023 for crane here at PTC With that big announcement so congratulations on that So I think that's just maybe like a preview of what we're gonna expect to see absolutely What's coming up the road for crane in 2023? Absolutely So we have more cities and more sites that are in the pipeline And so we'll be announcing more sites this year in some other supply constrained markets We're really excited of course about Portland But we will also want to serve customers in various geographies wherever there's a need and so You know our our market is obviously booming right now But there's also challenges that come with that right so there's supply chain issues power issues And the great thing is that we have a team that has experienced those challenges From the lens of a customer So we feel like we are going to try to solve customers when and where they need help Yeah, so delivering where there the need is that's right, right? That's great I mean important and especially in today's competitive market where there are so many, you know power Constraints going on and supply chain issues. We're hearing about it all Week I'm here. Yeah at PTC 23 But on a more positive note. Yeah, where can viewers go to find more about all these exciting initiatives and New data center developments coming up the pike for crane. Absolutely. So best place is to go to our website crane DC comm Or to follow us on LinkedIn We have, you know, some really good material about what we're doing in Portland and also future developments So love to have people reach out and contact us in either of those places So crane DC comm you got it and if I want our viewers want some of those custom Portland chocolates Who should they reach out to please feel free to reach out to me on on LinkedIn if they don't have my contact information and We'll be walking around the conference for some of the rest of today and love to Tell people about our project and hopefully sample some of the Portland chocolate. Yeah, so if you're here still at PTC I know the conference is wrapping up. I'll be sure to find Matt and his team And learn more about crane the development in Portland and they have some great custom chocolates as well Congrats on the launch. Thank you so much. Yes, and I have to get to Portland to To learn more about that data center live and in person until then crane DC comm You got it and thank you viewers for tuning in to another fabulous episode of JSA TV live here from PTC 23 happy networking