Who is Matt VanderZanden, STACK's New President?

STACK Infrastructure last week announced that Matt VanderZanden would be promoted to President.

In his new role, Matt will oversee commercial, financial, development, design and construction, facility management and legal operations for STACK Americas. Through his appointment, the leading data centre developer hopes to highlight STACK’s commitment to delivering industry-leading digital infrastructure solutions at scale.

“This new role is a reflection of STACK’s continued expansion and scale, and it calls for Matt’s strong leadership as we enter our next phase of growth,” shares Brian Cox, Chief Executive Officer of STACK Americas. 

“Matt’s promotion highlights his ability to lead with vision and purpose as we continue delivering proven solutions to meet our clients’ evolving needs.”

About Matt VanderZanden

Matt has been with STACK Infrastructure for six years, most recently as Chief Operating Officer, overseeing the company’s day-to-day strategy. Prior to this, he was the company’s Chief Strategy Officer, where he led development and location strategy for the company’s data centre portfolio.

In addition, he focused on product development and strategic partnerships, where he was able to offer his extensive experience and insight as a former hyperscale data centre executive. He previously worked at Facebook (now Meta), where he was instrumental in expanding the company’s global data centre footprint.

It was at Facebook that Matt built and managed the company’s global data centre location strategy programme and team as Director of Data Center Site Selection. As a result, he is able to understand the complexities of the industry, in addition to data centre and critical infrastructure development, government relations and location strategy. 

Speaking on his appointment, Matt shared: “I am honored to step into this role at such a pivotal moment for STACK.

“We have established a strong reputation for delivering speed, scale, certainty, and responsibility, and I look forward to collaborating with our talented team to further support our clients’ growth and success.”

Delivering hyperscale digital infrastructure

STACK Infrastructure continues to work to address the technology infrastructure needs of rapidly scaling enterprises and hyperscale companies. As a partner to some of the world’s most innovative companies, it achieved a record-breaking year in 2023 as it continued expanding its capacity across the Americas, APAC and EMEA regions.

The company prides itself on leveraging an industry-leading management team across 23 global markets, with more than 10GW of global data centre capacity. This is to ensure that it is able to expand and develop to its full potential as a data centre industry leader.

Whilst building flexible critical infrastructure solutions, the company says that CEO Brian Cox will be sharpening his focus on strategic initiatives that are seen as critical to STACK’s future.

These include advancing high-impact growth opportunities, scaling its customer base and continuing to drive the company’s long-term vision. Refining its focus in this way ensures that STACK remains focused on its mission to lead the market in innovation and to deliver hyperscale digital infrastructure.

As an organisation, STACK’s progress has boomed in recent years in response to the surging demand for cloud and AI technologies. The company has successfully established itself as a global data centre leader, delivering data centres that are scalable, reliable and sustainable. 

Appointing Matt as President is part of its plans to continue on this growth trajectory, whilst also re-establishing a client-first approach to address complex challenges with tailored solutions.

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