Digital Realty ditector joins ASHRAE committee

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has announced the appointment of Paul Finch, senior technical director in Europe for Digital Realty, as a voting committee member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers’ (ASHRAE) Technical Committee 9.9 (TC9.9). Mr. Finch joins an elite group of 16 voting members from across the globe for a four-year term. He now holds one of only two seats outside of North America, with the other being in Asia Pacific.

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ASHRAE is an international professional engineering organisation with more than 51,000 members. Many of Digital Realty’s clients monitor the work of ASHRAE and TC9.9 for ‘best practice’ guidance in the design, construction and operation of data centres.

TC9.9 is made up of owners, developers, manufacturers, consultants, researchers, universities, utilities, regulators, contractors, and government representatives. The TC9.9 IT Sub-Committee includes senior personnel from many leading organisations, including Intel, IBM, Dell, Oracle and Google. The committee covers all aspects of mission critical facilities, data centres, technology spaces, and electronic equipment/systems.

“I am excited to have Paul and Digital Realty as part of the TC9.9 voting roster. The end-user perspective is extremely valuable to the TC9.9 mission of being recognized by all areas of the Datacom (Data Centres and Telecommunications) industry. In addition, Paul’s international presence in the UK further supports our goals of broadening our global reach with over 60 international members on our roster now,” said David Quirk, Chairman of ASHRAE TC9.9.

“I have been an active member of ASHRAE for over a decade, so I feel tremendously honoured to have my nomination ratified by the committee. Its innovative and progressive work continues to redefine the standards of data centre development and operations in every respect. Being asked to represent such a leading group of professional engineers is incredibly exciting both for me personally, and for Digital Realty,” said Mr. Finch.

He continued, “Drawing on Digital Realty’s global experience in the design, construction and operation of data centres and its continued support and commitment to the research, publications and work led by ASHRAE TC9.9, I look forward to sharing the knowledge and expertise I have gained. Over the next four years, I will promote the technical thought leadership that is championed by ASHRAE and its committees, and will work to benefit not only Digital Realty clients, but the industry as a whole.”