At his core, Matt’s greatest skills lie in navigating the tradeoffs between growth and yield, short-term and long-term needs, and the different phases of a data center lifecycle. Matt’s approach involves building, developing, and inspiring data-driven teams that prioritize customer success, continuous improvement, and inclusivity. His development acumen offers critical prescience, enabling efficient deployments with immediate power and connectivity with the capacity to grow unimpeded to gigawatt-scale.
He leverages over 20 years of strategic management expertise in critical international and domestic markets, most recently serving as global head of asset management at Equinix, where he oversaw rapid growth in an $8 billion portfolio while maintaining ROIC (Return on Invested Capital) of +26%. By leveraging this experience, Matt supports PowerHouse’s extraordinary growth strategy, identifying and developing the most advantageous sites to help define the future of hyperscalers and large operators’ most advanced use cases.
Matt holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of North Carolina at Asheville and a Master of Science in Management from the London School of Economics & Political Science in the UK.