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Colin Wyatt promoted to Sector Director – Data Centres

The Hague, 30 January 2025. International engineering consultancy Deerns, has appointed Colin Wyatt to Sector Director – Data Centres, as the company builds on excellent growth across the industry.

Colin was previously Data Centre Engineering Director at Deerns, providing technical guidance and oversight to a team of 200 data centre specialists. As Sector Director – Data Centres, Colin will leverage both his engineering expertise and his extensive experience in client-side roles with data centre and real estate developers. In doing so he will help shape Deerns’ strategic direction and deliver tailored and effective support to the company’s clients.

Speaking of the appointment, Ricardo Fornari, Division Director Data Centres said: “Colin’s appointment comes at an exciting time for our Data Centre business as we mark our continued growth by establishing Data Centres as a separate division within Deerns.

“Colin is well known as an innovative thinker in our industry. Colin’s ability to understand the unique set of circumstances and challenges facing our clients will ensure that we can work with them to maximise opportunities and develop game-changing solutions within the rapidly evolving data centre industry.”

Deerns was recently named 13th of the top International Design Firms for Data Centres in the annual Engineering News Record (ENR) 2024 Global Design Review.

Colin Wyatt said: “I’m delighted to take up this role at such a key moment in the development of Deerns’ data centre business. My aim is to further strengthen our position by enabling client success and fostering innovation within our own business. The data centre industry is developing quickly and it’s essential that we help our clients rise to challenges such as improving sustainability, energy re-use and export, integrated flexibility and scalability. By delivering solutions that are at the forefront of technological advancement such as the deployment of AI workloads within new and existing data centres we will ensure that our clients are well placed to achieve their full potential.”

Colin has worked on major data centre projects, including hyperscale, in both consultancy roles and on the client side.

Colin continues: “I started my career in the nuclear industry so mission critical engineering, quality control and safety in design have been ingrained in me from day one! Since moving to the data centre sector, I have worked around the world delivering complex, market-leading design solutions. Having held both consultancy and client-side roles I have innate empathy for client requirements and look forward to using this to help our clients meet their goals whilst also contributing to Deerns’ continued growth and success.”

Colin takes on the role with immediate effect. He will be based in London, UK, but will work across Deerns’ global data centre business.

Deerns has completed over 500 data centre projects around the world, ranging from small to hyperscale. Get in touch to find out how Deerns can help your next project take shape.

Deerns 13th in ENR 2024 Global Design Review.  

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