Great Business Minds

Great Business Minds

The definitive podcast for the business of digital infrastructure

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March 3, 2026 52 mins

In this episode of Great Business Minds, João Marques Lima speaks with Krupal Raval, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at CyrusOne, about the forces reshaping global digital infrastructure.

With a career spanning leadership roles at Digital Realty, Equinix, and now CyrusOne, Raval has witnessed - and helped shape - the industry’s evolution from post-dot-com consolidation to today’s AI-driven capital supercycle.

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In this conversation recorded at PTC Hawaii, JLL’s Kristen Vosmaer and InfraPartners' George Teodorescu break down what is really separating winners from the rest in the AI data centre boom.

Key takeaways:

Time to first token = time to revenue. The faster a data centre goes live, the faster investors see returns - making speed a core financial metric.

Power is the new battleground. Projects now live or die on energy access, with be...

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Bevan Slattery, Australian entrepreneur and founder of multiple telecommunications ventures, spoke at The Tech Capital the 3rd annual APAC Finance Forum in Singapore on the evolving digital infrastructure landscape in Australia and Asia.

Slattery noted the extensive rebuilding of internet connectivity over the past 12 to 24 months. “When you look at communications from the United States to Singapore, for example, or even India, the...

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At the 20th DataCloud Global Congress in the South of France, industry veteran and digital infrastructure entrepreneur Michael Tobin OBE shares unfiltered insights into the growth and growing pains of the data centre and AI sectors. From power shortages and misguided politics to the urgent need for nuclear solutions and better public education on digital infrastructure, Tobin unpacks it all. He also touches on the politicisation of...

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At the Datacloud Global Congress 2025 in Cannes, Olivier Micheli, President and CEO of privately held Data4, discussed the group’s €21.5 billion (US$24.5 billion) investment pipeline, Europe’s digital infrastructure outlook, and the company’s positioning amid rising global competition.

Micheli acknowledged the geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainties that have shaped the industry in early 2025 but emphasised that fundamental de...

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Welcome to another episode of the Great Business Minds podcast, the definitive show for the business of digital infrastructure.

GBM is brought to you by Preiskel & Co, a leading award-winning City of London law firm, internationally recognised for its expertise in the digital infrastructure industry and the telecoms and tech sector work more broadly. Wherever your legal or regulatory needs are (including outer space) Preiskel &...

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Welcome to another episode of the Great Business Minds podcast, the definitive show for the business of digital infrastructure.

GBM is brought to you by Preiskel & Co, a leading award-winning City of London law firm, internationally recognised for its expertise in the digital infrastructure industry and the telecoms and tech sector work more broadly. Wherever your legal or regulatory needs are (including outer space) Preiske...

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Welcome to another episode of the Great Business Minds podcast, the definitive show for the business of digital infrastructure.

GBM is brought to you by Preiskel & Co, a leading award-winning City of London law firm, internationally recognised for its expertise in the digital infrastructure industry and the telecoms and tech sector work more broadly. Wherever your legal or regulatory needs are (including outer space) Preiskel &...

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Welcome to another episode of the Great Business Minds podcast, the definitive show for the business of digital infrastructure.

GBM is brought to you by Preiskel & Co, a leading award-winning City of London law firm, internationally recognised for its expertise in the digital infrastructure industry and the telecoms and tech sector work more broadly. Wherever your legal or regulatory needs are (including outer space) Preiskel &...

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Welcome to another episode of the Great Business Minds podcast, the definitive show for the business of digital infrastructure.

GBM is brought to you by Preiskel & Co, a leading award-winning City of London law firm, internationally recognised for its expertise in the digital infrastructure industry and the telecoms and tech sector work more broadly. Wherever your legal or regulatory needs are (including outer space) Preiskel &...

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Join host Joao Marques Lima as he takes you on an exciting journey through the cutting edge of technology and business in the Great Business Minds podcast! In each episode, Joao engages with industry leaders, diving deep into the latest trends and innovations that are shaping our world today.

In this particular episode, we are thrilled to welcome Natalya Makarochkina, who serves as the Senior Vice President of the Secure Power Divi...

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Welcome to another episode of the Great Business Minds podcast, the definitive show for the business of digital infrastructure.

GBM is brought to you by Preiskel & Co, a leading award-winning City of London law firm, internationally recognised for its expertise in the digital infrastructure industry and the telecoms and tech sector work more broadly. Wherever your legal or regulatory needs are (including outer space) Preiskel &...

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Welcome to another episode of the Great Business Minds podcast, the definitive show for the business of digital infrastructure.

GBM is brought to you by Preiskel & Co, a leading award-winning City of London law firm, internationally recognised for its expertise in the digital infrastructure industry and the telecoms and tech sector work more broadly. Wherever your legal or regulatory needs are (including outer space) Preiskel &...

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Welcome to another episode of the Great Business Minds podcast, the definitive show for the business of digital infrastructure.

GBM is brought to you by Preiskel & Co, a leading award-winning City of London law firm, internationally recognised for its expertise in the digital infrastructure industry and the telecoms and tech sector work more broadly. Wherever your legal or regulatory needs are (including outer space) Preiskel &...

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Welcome to another episode of the Great Business Minds podcast, the definitive show for the business of digital infrastructure.

GBM is brought to you by Preiskel & Co, a leading award-winning City of London law firm, internationally recognised for its expertise in the digital infrastructure industry and the telecoms and tech sector work more broadly. Wherever your legal or regulatory needs are (including outer space) Preiskel &...

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Welcome to another episode of the Great Business Minds podcast, the definitive show for the business of digital infrastructure.

GBM is brought to you by Preiskel & Co, a leading award-winning City of London law firm, internationally recognised for its expertise in the digital infrastructure industry and the telecoms and tech sector work more broadly. Wherever your legal or regulatory needs are (including outer space) Preiskel &...

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Welcome to another episode of the Great Business Minds podcast, the definitive show for the business of digital infrastructure.

GBM is brought to you by Preiskel & Co, a leading award-winning City of London law firm, internationally recognised for its expertise in the digital infrastructure industry and the telecoms and tech sector work more broadly. Wherever your legal or regulatory needs are (including outer space) Preiskel &...

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Welcome to another episode of the Great Business Minds podcast, the definitive show for the business of digital infrastructure.

 

GBM is brought to you by Preiskel & Co, a leading award-winning City of London law firm, internationally recognised for its expertise in the digital infrastructure industry and the telecoms and tech sector work more broadly. Wherever your legal or regulatory needs are (including outer space) Preiskel...

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Welcome to another episode of the Great Business Minds podcast, the definitive show for the business of digital infrastructure.

GBM is brought to you by Preiskel & Co, a leading award-winning City of London law firm, internationally recognised for its expertise in the digital infrastructure industry and the telecoms and tech sector work more broadly. Wherever your legal or regulatory needs are (including outer space) Preiskel &...

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Welcome to another episode of the Great Business Minds podcast, the definitive show for the business of digital infrastructure.

GBM is brought to you by Preiskel & Co, a leading award-winning City of London law firm, internationally recognised for its expertise in the digital infrastructure industry as well as the telecoms and tech sector work more broadly. Wherever your legal or regulatory needs are (including outer space) Pre...

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