Chris Sharp

Chris Sharp has over 20 years of experience in the technology industry, with an extensive background in developing technology strategies in global markets. He has a deep knowledge of the data center industry and is well positioned to expand technical innovation at Digital Realty.



During his time at Equinix, Sharp was responsible for cloud innovation where he led the development of innovative cloud services solutions, enabled new capabilities of next-generation, high-performance exchange and interconnection solutions, and facilitated broad commercial adoption of cloud computing on a global basis.



Previously, Sharp held leadership positions at top network and colocation providers, including Qwest Communications, MCI/Verizon Business, and Reliance Globalcom.

Digital Realty, at the convergence of data centers, subsea and interconnection

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InterGlobix Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Jasmine Bedi discusses the latest developments at Digital Realty, the world’s leading data center company, with Chris Sharp, its Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Design and Service Innovation. Here, Sharp discusses the strategic value of the Interxion acquisition and Digital Realty’s plan to capitalize on the convergence of subsea with data centers and interconnection. He also sheds some light on the company’s overall Asia-Pac strategy.