Dr Christopher Stief

Dr Christopher Stief co-founded DATA CASTLE in 2022 and leads the business as its CEO. Dr Stief is a data centre expert with proven track records from large colocation and hyperscale developments to aggregate more than 250MW, primarily across Tier 1 and Tier 2 European data centre markets. Dr Stief was previously a Senior Director at a leading family office in Germany where he was commercially responsible for data centre site origination, development and execution for the firm’s digital infrastructure fund. Prior to that, Dr Stief worked as Executive Project Manager to CEO at e-shelter (NTT Global Data Centers EMEA), a leading international data centre operator, where he focused on site identification and development. He began his career in the strategic practice at Amazon. Dr Stief earned a PhD from Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz in Business Administration, and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Alliant University of San Diego, California.