Simon McCormick, CCO of Echelon Data Centres, discusses how the dynamics between datacentres and utility companies are evolving in line with the changing risk-return profile of greenfield datacentre development across Europe and the US.

• The JV partnership between Echelon and Iberdrola - 00:50 

• The Madrid-Sur project and future scalability - 13:05 

• Why Spain works; will the JV model work elsewhere? - 9:37 

• Risk perceptions and impact on traditional developer-led models - 5:20 

• American/European approaches to the datacentre-utility-investor paradigm - 2:35 

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About Simon McCormick 

McCormick is CCO of Echelon and responsible for market intelligence, sales, technical due diligence, leasing, and tenant relations. 

He has over 15 years’ experience across digital infrastructure and real estate development and has worked on both contractor and consultant sides.