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Andrew Power

President, CEO & Director, Digital Realty

Search every verified Andrew Power interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Andrew Power, President and CEO of Digital Realty, spoke at PTC’DC in an interview with JSA TV about the expansion of digital infrastructure. He stated that in addition to power, policy, permitting, and investment, the role of people is a key factor in scaling the industry. Power emphasized the need for collaboration with community stakeholders, utilities, supply chains, and customers to support the growth of AI-related infrastructure, describing this teamwork as essential for success. Power also discussed long-term planning in response to changing AI demand, noting that decisions about capacity, power, and connectivity are made within a long-term framework. He highlighted innovation in resource use, citing that Digital Realty’s 300-plus data centers use the same amount of water as 188 California golf courses, and pointed to ongoing advancements in cooling, power distribution, and fiber optics as areas of continued improvement.

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“I think we're at such a much important time in the world and in this country around this that we've, I believe at Digital, have been unsung heroes and just quiet about it for a long time doing our business contributing, but now we got to be a little bit more out there and communicate hey fact and fiction here when it comes to grid. We're investing alongside the utilities to strengthen the grid. We're there in those h”

“When we transact, we're transacting with the trillion dollar companies or some of our biggest customers. They're not signing up for short-term contracts. They're signing up for 15 years or longer duration contracts for buildings. They may not even deliver for 18 months in some cases. So, you think we're talking about commitments that are going to range from where we got going to the last day of the first contract to ”

“We're essentially at a place where we cannot keep up with the demand. The physical infrastructure that our customers are needing for the bits and bytes are moving way faster than the picks and shovels and the construction and supply chain. I don't look at this as we're at some bubble period. I think we're just getting going on a massive large scale capital intensive buildout of digital infrastructure.”

“We're harnessing private capital rather than making it our foe — we raised our first inaugural data‑center fund (about $3.25 billion of equity, roughly $10 billion of asset value spend) so private investors can invest alongside Digital Realty into large-scale data center development and growth.”

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