FRANKFURT, April 15, 2024 – maincubes, a leading European data center developer and operator, is pleased to announce the appointment of Martin Murphy as its new Chief Operating Officer. He joins maincubes’ management team to lead internal operations, spearhead customer success and manage the smooth transition of new sites and capacity into live sites. The addition of Murphy also strengthens the company’s operational performance and complements maincubes’ ESG initiatives as the company executes on its international growth.
“I am excited about the opportunity to join maincubes and contribute to the success of the company. There is a huge growth opportunity for maincubes to benefit from the unprecedented tailwinds in the data center industry and I am looking forward to leveraging my experience in order to support maincubes’ growth ambitions,” summarizes Murphy.
Martin brings more than 20 years of experience across various leadership roles in the data center industry. Most recently, he served as President EMEA at Salute Mission Critical, a global, full lifecycle data center services provider for leading data center companies, where he joined following the acquisition of AMS Helix, a data center focused project management and consulting company Martin co-founded in 2021 and led as CEO. Previously, he served as Chief Operating Officer of CBRE Data Centre Solutions, with responsibility for services provided to 800+ data centers globally.
“Martin is an accomplished leader and is recognized globally for his impressive track record,” says Oliver Menzel, CEO and founder of maincubes. “With his experience spanning various roles across the data center industry, Martin brings a wealth of international experience driving efficient operations and development of data centers and further manifests maincubes’ position as a leading European data center operator. We are thrilled to have him on board.”
“Martin’s appointment to the management board is in line with maincubes’ growth and international strategy and the goal of establishing the company as a premier data center operator for public, global hyperscale and cloud customers. He brings an impressive track record and invaluable insights and experience from his various leadership roles across the data center industry,” adds Zahl Limbuwala, Executive Chairman of the Advisory Board at maincubes and Operating Partner at DTCP.
Murphy succeeds Stephan Harren, who has served as maincubes’ COO since 2022. “Stephan has been a dedicated leader and we’re thankful. He will continue in a senior role, working closely with Martin and playing an important role in the continued growth and success of maincubes,” adds Menzel.
About maincubes:
As a leading European provider, maincubes develops and operates data centers in the leading data center regions of Frankfurt, Berlin, and Amsterdam. The data centers offer its customers the highest level of security, certified sustainability, current quality standards and flexible solutions for their individual requirements. With state-of-the-art technology in its data centers, maincubes guarantees uninterrupted availability of its customers’ IT infrastructure. maincubes’ customers include the public sector, hyperscalers, international cloud service providers and blue-chip companies who value a sustainable, fail-safe, and high-performance digital infrastructure. maincubes was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. www.maincubes.com
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