“Technological arms race.” Digital Realty chief executive Andrew Power explains what’s happening in his industry: AI is revolutionizing data center demand and becoming the main force behind our insatiable thirst for energy. Jennifer Warren details the situation and how North Texas businesses are addressing the challenges and reaping the benefits in her analytical article published in the November issue.
Warren is one of the nation’s top reporters covering energy and technology and how they interrelate, and a thought leader who is often invited to speak at industry events. She was one of the first to report on the shale revolution. Her thorough understanding of the industry and access to the biggest companies makes her reports incredibly insightful. Given the depth of her knowledge, she tends to be more in-depth than the persona profiles we usually publish on D CEO.
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In Warren’s latest deep dive, we felt it was important to take things to a high level of sophistication and provide our readers with the value that only she can provide. She spent months researching and conducting interviews before putting the pieces of the puzzle together. “I was turning myself inside out and trying to bring it all together in a coherent way because there are so many things I want to capture,” she says.
Warren says North Texas is an ideal place to pursue interests in energy and globalization because it is an international region with a strong base of oil and gas companies. Driven by intellectual curiosity, she operates in a left-brain and right-brain world. She’s highly creative, but she’s equally passionate about unearthing data that supports (or disproves) her ideas.
When it comes to work, Warren says she tries to foster dialogue. “What’s really important to me is to be direct and express things as they are, to communicate what is true and what is real, but also to communicate what is possible,” she says. Masu.
“In the end, if people see themselves in my story, see or learn something new, maybe they’ll get an idea to advance their work. That’s great. That’s it,” she added. “I hope that happens. I hope that in some ways I can be a catalyst, a catalyst for opportunity.”
