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DC Design Africa
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Consultant1 person in directoryQuiet 33 days
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data centre design partner
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Nick Searra
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Company level, people rolled in01 Oct 2026
Meeting
Academic Paper Series OneHeath Andersen · Series framed as community centered data centers with a community benefit index. Ohio LOI, Chicago distributed DC, Oberlin, thermal technologies (Rondo, caloric, Alfa Laval 70 degC). Vertiv (Rob Feeley, Greg Lehman) joined last 20 minutes: Greg Ratcliffe as key speaker, Russ Tipton on ORC. Joint NVIDIA, Anthropic, Vertiv call targeted end of next week.
daybreak · 02 Oct
17 Sep 2026
Meeting
Academic Paper Series OneHeath Andersen · Next: Contributor spreadsheet; V4 framework. Marked: * controls strategy of building; ! Excel sheet, economics and public policy. Source: Granola note 4cfc4412-432a-48d2-bef8-7bffdfb14740.
Manual · 28 Sep
17 Sep 2026
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Ohio DC Chat, HeathHeath Andersen · Next: Book Jared at NVIDIA. Source: Granola note 5bf628e9-717a-47b6-8969-f9c4503435e6.
Manual · 28 Sep
15 Sep 2026
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Microlink / Belden - Design Review & Capability AlignmentHeath Andersen · Belden: 124 year old manufacturer, 1,000+ patents, Layer 1 and 2 network infrastructure, on standards boards. Contacts: Henry Franc (data centre specialist), Mark Jones (Solutions Line Director), Christie Ketchum (solution consultant), Brian Kennedy (global commercial lead, data centres), Olivia Obregon (Americas execution). Not engineer of record; a support layer to EPC and technical contractors across planning, design, spec, build and operations, in white space and gray space (controls, SCADA, BMS). Scope: fibre, copper, racks, enclosures, PDUs, in rack cooling, rear door heat exchangers, direct to chip via partners, fault managed power, PON; owns Ruckus and Precision OT; assessments, PoC, installation, commissioning; modular kitted designs. MicroLink walked Genoa: phase 1 50 MW plus a solar array and an indoor farm; 30 MW now, ~400 MW by 2029, ~800 MW by 2031; 800 V DC ready RT-Pod modules; three loop closed water system; 55 degC out, boost to ~70 degC; ORC for cold storage and food processing; ~400 jobs target. Anthropic the primary customer target; owner meeting 19 Sep; Vertiv lead time ~16 months; MV switchgear and transformers globally scarce; wheeling Ohio to PJM blocked by regulation. Brian Kennedy exploring thought leadership on community positive data centres. Notebook: 1000 patents and deployment (Heinz); energy recapture with municipality; commercial terms; thought leadership.
daybreak · 02 Oct
18 Aug 2026
Meeting
TAS & MicroLinkHeath Andersen · Daybreak source: google calendar interaction ledger.
daybreak · 02 Oct
09 Aug 2026
Meeting
(no title)Heath Andersen · Daybreak source: google calendar interaction ledger.
daybreak · 02 Oct
16 Jul 2026
Meeting
ANA | Microlink - Data Center EBOSS IntegrationHeath Andersen · Daybreak source: google calendar interaction ledger.
daybreak · 02 Oct
16 Jul 2026
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Ohio River Coal to Renewable SiteHeath Andersen · Daybreak source: google calendar interaction ledger.
daybreak · 02 Oct
15 Jul 2026
Meeting
MicroLink and JacobsHeath Andersen · Daybreak source: google calendar interaction ledger.
daybreak · 02 Oct
14 Jul 2026
Meeting
Introduction - Vertiv / MicroLinkHeath Andersen · Daybreak source: google calendar interaction ledger.
daybreak · 02 Oct
13 Jul 2026
Meeting
(no title)Heath Andersen · Daybreak source: google calendar interaction ledger.
daybreak · 02 Oct
10 Jul 2026
Meeting
MicroLink and Gigawatt LandHeath Andersen · Daybreak source: google calendar interaction ledger.
daybreak · 02 Oct
09 Jul 2026
Meeting
Torus & MicrolinkHeath Andersen · Daybreak source: google calendar interaction ledger.
daybreak · 02 Oct
08 Jul 2026
Meeting
Edge Discussion - MicroLink & FriendsHeath Andersen · Daybreak source: google calendar interaction ledger.
daybreak · 02 Oct
01 Jul 2026
Meeting
(no title)Heath Andersen · Daybreak source: google calendar interaction ledger.
daybreak · 02 Oct
date not recorded
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(no title)Heath Andersen · Organiser heath@dcdesign.africa. Daybreak source: outlook calendar sweep 2026-09-01.
daybreak · 02 Oct
date not recorded
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Added to the directoryHeath Andersen
Loom · 13 Aug
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