Dan Thompson is a Research Director at 451 Research from S&P Global Energy. He leads the Data Center Services & Infrastructure team, which is charged with keeping tabs on the data center industry globally to better understand its trends and growth areas. His research includes analyses of leased data center providers, market size and supply/demand dynamics in key and emerging markets around the world. Dan also provides coverage of data center providers offerings and services beyond colocation, such as managed and cloud-type services. As cloud and, more prominently, artificial intelligence have been shaping the datacenter landscape, this has led Dan and his team to dig deeper into the impacts of greater energy demands on the world's power grids and ask questions about their long-term sustainability. From energy generation sources to new infrastructure inside the data center, Dan and his team are at the intersection of electricity and technology.