 Hello, hello, hello out there in the world of tech, telecom, and data centers. Welcome to JSA Fast Forward. We're broadcasting live from the JSA TV newsroom to LinkedIn and YouTube. And thanks for joining us, everyone. I'm Dean Perrion, Executive Vice President at JSA. And joining me, as always, is my sister from another mister, Jamie Scatochettia, our founder and CEO here at JSA. That's me. That's me. Now that the calendar has flipped from February to March, we are springing forward to bring you the latest industry news and highlights from the past month. Shoot, thanks for reminding me, Jay. I've got a big squash tournament this weekend. And if I miss setting my clock ahead, I'll be in big trouble. You might be squashed. Good one. Yeah, sorry, really terrible. I feel like no one cares about springing forward reminders anymore, because your phone automatically does it. Oh, and your microwave and your stove, everything. Everything's, yeah. Anyway, network. All right, so let's get to it. I know that I'm not looking forward to losing that extra hour of sleep, as that's really the big news headline there. Yeah, I'm going to get all the sleep I need, hopefully. But OK, moving on. And it's already looking like spring over here in Northwest Indiana. The sun is shining. And I was walking around in a t-shirt earlier, which showed my pasty white arms. I guess that groundhog was right this year, early spring ahead, right? Yeah, we're talking about Punxsutawney Phil. Is that correct, Jamie? What? Well said. And yeah, who else? Well, who else? I'll tell you who else. Over here, we have also Woodstock Willie. This is true. We have Woodstock Willie over on the site on the Chicago in Woodstock, Illinois, just outside of Chicago. And if I remember correctly, he also called for an early spring. So there you go. We've got we've triangulated Punxsutawney Phil. We've got, you know, Woodstock Willie. Everything is good. I like these regional. Right. Yeah, please. OK, you know what, Dean? I'm going to tell you something. This is your fun fact for the day. Believe it or not, there isn't a predictive groundhog where I am in Southern California. But there is a turtle named Mojave Max over in Vegas. And whenever he comes out from under his rock, that also means springtime. You know, Jamie, that is incredible news. I look forward to the update from Mojave Max on our next episode. But I think maybe we should get going. Yeah, OK, OK. So guys, sorry, this is live. And we do get off script here. But anyone out there in the Las Vegas area ready to do some very important work with a live turtle telecast? Definitely let us know. OK, so obviously, groundhogs seeing their shadows is very important business. But maybe we should move on with the industry headlines. Are you ready to dive in, Jay? Let's get to it. And we get started with Movers and Shakers for the month. And welcome to our Movers and Shakers section, which features everything you need to know in the realm of new hires, awards, events, and publishing. And let's kick it off with publishing, where 165 Halsey has just published a new ebook called Navigating New York Data Center Market Trends. If you're interested in the New York Data Center Market, as I am, you're going to want to check this one out. That's right. There's another helpful resource published last month called Sustainability Insights, Navigating Sustainable Edge Strategies. Very important. It's from a research firm called STL Partners and sponsored by our friends at ICITope. It's got lots of good information and about specialized cooling technologies. We're hearing a lot about that. And it's looking like one you don't want to miss. Definitely not. Let's move on to awards now, starting with LeGrand. They were recently recognized as one of the top in the industry by winning a 2024 Lightwave Innovation Review Award. Their cabling solution was chosen by a panel of judges to be honored by this year's award. So way to go, LeGrand. Way to go to the LeGrand team. Also, Precision OT also won a Lightwave Innovation Review Award this past month with their integrated circuit technology being granted a 4.0 honoree status. So well done to our friends over at Precision OT. Well done. And China Telecom America is one another industry player taking home awards that we need to mention. Their website was recognized as this year's Markham Awards. We love that. They took home a Platinum Award in website redesign category. Can't wait to check out their new website. Right on. An award near and dear to our heart, right, Jay? And switching from awards to personnel moves, our friends over at 1623 Farnham made a move just last month by promoting Eric Flock to VP of Infrastructure and Facility. He was previously serving as operations manager at 1623 Farnham and sounds well suited for his new role. So all the best in your new role to you, Eric. Yeah, congrats, Eric. And rounding out our Movers and Shakers news with one more piece of personnel news by Vassity Infrastructure Group, appointed a new director of commercialization, adding Karen Miller to their leadership team. So congrats, Karen. And that's a wrap on Movers and Shakers section for the month. Woo-hoo. OK, let's talk deals and big wins. OK, deals and big wins it is. We've got five notable pieces of news in the realm of mergers, acquisitions, expansions, and projects plus one bit of bonus news. So here we go. OK, I'm excited. OK, so we're going to start off with DartPoints, who renovated and remodeled their Cincinnati data center with all new knock conference room, office space, fabulous. Outstanding. Just don't talk about all that remodeling too loud because my partner, this is a true story, my partner has been bugging me to paint the cabinets in our kitchen. Mind you, we've only lived in the house for not even three years yet, but she's already wanting to paint the cabinets green and do all kinds of weird things like that. Anyway, Jamie, that's our little secret. My little secret. All right, I've got boxes, by the way, that haven't been unpacked from when we moved from our last place. So I hear you. OK, so maybe we should see if DartPoints Project Manager will do some consulting for our homes. Come to my garage. Yes. Onto our next of the five big news series here. Everyone's waiting here, so let's get to it. Icyotope. They recently hit a new milestone by achieving chip-level cooling. This is exciting. Up to 1,000 watts, guys. There is a lot of talk about liquid cooling in the industry today. I'm reading a lot about it as we're putting together greener data volume too. And it just sounds like Icyotope is right on top of it. Absolutely, absolutely. And another company that's got their stuff together is T5, who recently cut a deal with West 7 Center to be their new facilities management partner. That means West 7's data center in downtown Los Angeles will be fully managed by T5. Jay, maybe you should go pay them a visit. Love that, yeah? We're in my own backyard here. All right, three out of five. Here we go. There was more news in the way of deals and big wins coming from EdgeConnect this month. Always a great company with breaking news here. Their campus in Amsterdam achieved platinum level from the UL Environmental Claim Validation program. That's a big one, guys. It's a globalized standard that's all about zero waste operations. So that's a big sustainability win for really the whole industry. It absolutely is. And EdgeConnect's achieved another certification too. This time it was from the Science-Based Targets Initiatives, or the SBTI. EdgeConnect was recognized by the SBTI for hitting greenhouse gas emissions targets. So they are really putting their money where their environmental mouth is, aren't they? Great stuff all around. Yep, yep, yep, yep. Well, in this section where we usually talk about mergers and acquisition news, and there is one piece in that regard that we're super duper, duper, duper proud of. Jamie, you want to do the honors? Yay, OK. And this was the news, guys, that we were teasing about in our last Fast Forward last month. We were like, we can't say it. It's not February 1 yet. So here it is, guys. On behalf of JSA's entire family, we're excited to announce that we have added ForwardVision, LLC, new JSA. ForwardVision is a full-service B2B marketing communications agency, and we are so excited to see all the ways that we can be stronger together. Yeah, that is really, really exciting stuff. And I absolutely love the name, the ForwardVision name, and their clients, and all that other stuff. The people are absolutely Chef's Kiss. They're wonderful people to work with, and I can't wait to get started with them. Oh, you said it. I love that, Chef's Kiss. That's great. All right, guys. Let's talk collaboration and innovation. And here it comes, our collaboration and innovation news from the month, where we break down new partnerships, new products, new services, and new sustainability initiatives. So take it away, Jay. All right, let's begin with Segra, one of the biggest independent fiber companies in the US who announced a partnership with ServiceNow, a leading digital workflow company. ServiceNow's service management is set to simplify Segra's work processes and enhance their customer service. So great move there. Absolutely. In other partnership news, Datacenter Logistics provider, Trendistix, is celebrating a milestone partnership with construction company, UIS. Last month marked the one year of working together on the country's newest, biggest microchip facility. Pretty important stuff going on there. So it sounds like big things to come from the folks at Trendistix. Easy for me to say, right? Oh, it's a good one. Trendistix. I know I messed that up. Anyway, Coldware, a company I know how to pronounce, is also celebrating a partnership. As they announced, they have enhanced their relationship with, oh, we love them, I-Masons. Kohler has been named in I-Masons Climate Accord Mover designation. This recognizes their contributions, both financially and also through their operations, like the Climate Accord Working Groups. Great to hear about things like this going on in the industry and by such big companies like Kohler. Yeah, and we love I-Masons as well. But now let's talk about some new products and services hitting the market. Alpha Wireless has unveiled their small cell fusion platform, the first 5G small cell antenna that can be mounted. This is so cool. That can be mounted midway up a street light. Sounds maybe trivial, but when you consider that real estate on those polls is at a premium, the fact that they can mount this midway up a street light is significant. So from what I know about 5G deployments, this is going to be, this is a big, big deal. It is. It's very big. Talking big, XKL is getting in on the action to announcing new capabilities for their dark star line of multiplexing products. They say that these new features will provide even more ease and predictability for long haul deployments. XKM. Awesome. Good folks over there too. More new stuff coming our way from Precision OT who announced their new Open Path solution. Open Path is an end to end passive optical network access solution, and it is now available. All right. We're going to close out our collaborations and innovation section here with Involta who launched their new Involta partner community. It's a channel program all set up with the portal commissions and more. Sounds very exciting. It absolutely does. And that about does it for our collaboration and innovation section. That's a wrap. And? Yeah, no, that's a wrap. That's the entire show, Jamie, for this month. So if you want to see more of JSA, you'll have to catch us next week at Channel Partners Expo in Las Vegas. Yeah, you can hear more too, I'm sure, about the Involta partnership program launching just in time for Channel Partners. That's so exciting. All right, guys. We also have three of our best and brightest on the floor at Channel Partners covering all the news and chatting with the biggest names at that show. We are doing JSA TV, which will broadcast live over our YouTube channel, LinkedIn. So make sure you check it out all week long. Absolutely. And same goes for DCD Connect in New York later this month. I'm actually moderating two panels at that show. And it's actually the debate panels, Jay. So we get to have a little bit of one-on-one debate at DCD Connect in New York later this month. And there are still some interview spots open for that event for JSA TV. So if you'd like to be featured, just reach out to us to learn more. And we should mention too, Metro Connect USA. We had done such great live coverage all last week. So check out that out on our JSA TV YouTube channel. We've got it all covered from the Metro Connect. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And that is the show for today. So until next time. Take care, everybody, and happy networking.