On this episode, we welcome Mike Hochanadel back on Tech Trends 24/7 Leaders to discuss the 2024 data center outlook including the immense demand, the investment market and more. Mike brings 21 years of industry experience and is responsible for leading Harrison Street’s digital business and defining strategy for their digital sector.

Yao Morin is the Chief Technology Officer at JLL, overseeing JLL's Data Strategy. Yao focuses on introducing innovative technology to JLL and the entire commercial real estate industry by creating state of the art data products that leverage data science and machine learning to uncover new business opportunities. On today's episode, Yao shares her insights on the transformation of the commercial real estate industry by AI and Data, how AI is contributing to global sustainability efforts and how to remain at the forefront of technology innovation.

On today’s episode we have Brian Schafer. Brian is a Principal of Highland Associates in New York City.  Highland Associates is a full -service design firm providing Architectural, MEP Engineering, and Commissioning services with a focus on Mission Critical facilities.  The firm is now in its 35th year and has planned, designed, and/or commissioned over 10M square feet of data center facilities with well over 1 Gigawatt of UPS power.  Clients include Enterprise data centers, Data Center Providers/ Colocations , and Hyperscale companies throughout the U.S. His role at Highland includes overseeing the firms Marketing and Business Development activities, leading Strategic Initiatives, and serving as the Account Executive for many of the national Data Center clients. Brian has been active in the Mission Critical for over 25 years and in addition to his role at Highland Associates, he has served as the President of the Metro New York Chapter of the 7x24 Exchange where he has held this title for almost 20 years.