E42: Global Impact, Local Connection: Understanding the Role of Data Centers
This episode features a conversation with Craig Huffman, Co-Founder and CEO of Metro Edge Development Partners, a real estate developer creating an exclusive data center for the Illinois Medical District in downtown Chicago. Craig discusses the data center industry’s responsibility to educate communities, the economic opportunities data centers provide, and debunks myths about data centers and jobs. He also reveals how his background positioned him to lead this pioneering development as likely the only African-American spearheading such a data center project in the country.