Vice President & Distinguished Engineer, Datacenter Advanced Development, Microsoft
By Christian BeladySenior Advisor, DigitalBridge, Industry Advisor, and Board Member
Christian Belady, Vice President & Distinguished Engineer, Datacenter Advanced Development, Microsoft
“Living in the Pacific Northwest, I have no desire to be anywhere else during the summer. The weather and views are spectacular, and I spend most of my free time during the summer doing various hobbies and spending time with the community of folks who are like minded and family to me. I adore buying, driving, and even assembling supercars. A longtime Porsche collector, I was convinced by my son to get the 2015 Lamborghini Huracan-and now it’s our favorite car to drive together! He and his friends also work on restoration projects with me. Of course, during the other seasons of the year, I spend as much time as possible traveling and vacationing in places that are sunny.”
My Lamborghini Huracan after a drive with my son. Photograph: Tom FathiThe garage of a car fanatic
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Christian Belady is highly experienced in managing data center and infrastructure development at global scale. Currently, he is an advisor and board member of several companies in the infrastructure space. Prior to this, Belady served as Vice President and Distinguished Engineer of Datacenter R&D for Microsoft’s Cloud Infrastructure Organization, where he developed one of the largest data center footprints in the world. Before that, he was responsible for driving the strategy and delivery of server and facility development for Microsoft’s data center portfolio worldwide.
With over 150 patents, Belady is a driving force behind innovative thinking and quantitative benchmarking in the field. He is an originator of the Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) metric, was a key player in the development of the iMasons’ Climate Accord (ICA), and has worked closely with government agencies to define efficiency metrics for data centers and servers. Over the years, he has received many awards, most recently the NVTC Datacenter Icon award, and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
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