I founded iMasons in 2016 to unite the people who design, construct, operate, and maintain the networks, equipment, and facilities of the digital age. Today, iMasons has over 6,000 members who collectively represent more than 200 billion USD in digital infrastructure projects across 130 countries. Digital infrastructure is a collection of data center locations that deliver digital services to people and machines. Today, it’s as important to any community as its airport, train station, waterworks, power generation, transmission lines, and substation. It enables technologies that people use every day to connect, communicate, work, and play. It’s the utility of the digital age, woven into the fabric of modern life. As chairman and founder of iMasons, I directed the development of the SOTI to provide a holistic picture of the importance of digital infrastructure and to guide strategic decisions about where, when, and how digital infrastructure is built, operated, and maintained.
The report aggregates and synthesizes information shared by more than 500 iMasons across more than 50 countries through member meetings, Advisory Council sessions, collaboration workshops with our strategic partners, and one-on-one conversations with owners of some of the largest digital infrastructure portfolios in the world. In accordance with iMasons’ values, all input to the report was anonymized except where noted. This approach allows us to provide a unique perspective about the digital infrastructure industry that’s difficult to achieve in any other forum. The report surfaces our industry’s biggest challenges to responsible and sustainable growth and provides insights into trends and conditions in established and emerging markets around the world.
