Scott K. Brown is President of the Pixel Factory Data Center, which resides in a regional Tier 2 market where growth is accelerating rapidly, just outside of Richmond, Virginia. The facility hosts new connectivity and data center builds with subsea cable connectivity passing through the region. The Pixel Factory Data Center’s niche market works with companies of all sizes and business sectors. Brown’s goal is to continue to grow this unique facility with exceptional personal on-site customer service.
What is the significance of Atlantic Convergence 2024 to you?
A new digital ecosystem is emerging around the Atlantic Ocean and reshaping the global data flows. As the mid-Atlantic region in the US matures and significant construction gets underway in the region, we will see a natural growth between the Iberian Peninsula and the Virginia Beach cable landing station, continuing into Richmond, Virginia. The contacts and relationships started at the inaugural Atlantic Convergence event will be a key factor in building connectivity between the two continents and fostering accelerated growth. The topics of the presentations, the caliber of the presenters, and the depth of the discussions at this event have been very comprehensive in covering the entire ecosystem of digital infrastructure in the four continents across the Atlantic. There is tremendous development happening on both sides of the Atlantic, and this event enables us to highlight that in a neutral and engaging setting.
How does Pixel Factory Data Center fit into the overall interconnection ecosystem model, which encompasses the convergence of subsea and terrestrial fiber, subsea cables, neutral IX, and data centers?
Pixel Factory Data Center is a carrier-neutral provider of data center and colocation services in the mid-Atlantic region. We are one of the pieces of the puzzle in the larger connected world. We are a new gateway into the mid-Atlantic region, as we have all the parts for a robust digital ecosystem—a neutral IX, carriers, and multiple fiber paths (north and south) that allow multiple alternative paths to Ashburn, Virginia—in one location. These fiber paths that stretch to the south connect all the other East Coast subsea landing stations, so Richmond, Virginia, is a natural fit into the fiber puzzle connecting the Iberian Peninsula to the mid-Atlantic region. Additionally, the Richmond region acts as a mid-point (and hence a regeneration point) for the fiber connecting Virginia Beach—where the subsea cables land—to Ashburn—the leading data center market in the world. There is tremendous growth opportunity in this region, and several multibillion-dollar projects are already underway.
What do you expect from Atlantic Convergence 2025?
I expect a fast start to conversations on more connectivity between the Iberian Peninsula and the mid-Atlantic region. There is tremendous development underway in the mid-Atlantic region, with several new digital infrastructure projects that are already off the ground related to data centers, subsea, and terrestrial fiber. I am sure that additional new projects will take off in 2025. When we meet again at Atlantic Convergence in October of 2025, I look forward to engaging in conversations about these new projects taking place across both sides of the Atlantic.
