nLighten
Chad McCarthy is the CTO and Co-Founder of nLighten, overseeing all technical aspects since October 2021. Prior to this role, Chad served as Senior Director of Engineering Development and Masterplanning at Equinix from February 2016 to November 2021, where responsibilities included leading engineering development across global operations. Chad held the position of Director of Engineering at TelecityGroup, focusing on research and development, energy policy, and new technology adoption from November 2010 to February 2016. Earlier experience includes roles at Arup, where Chad established the Frankfurt office and managed pan-European engineering projects, as well as designing data centres at Norman Disney and Young. Chad began a career in engineering as a Senior Engineer at Arup, specializing in electrical systems design. Chad holds a degree in Power Electronics and Electrical Power Systems from The University of Auckland and completed the Corporate Finance Programme at London Business School.
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nLighten
nLighten is a digital infrastructure platform of I Squared Capital, a leading global infrastructure investor. We are developing innovative edge data centers distributed across European key economic hubs to provide best-in-class network access to regional, national and global enterprises, private users and the mobile workforce. With the strategic distribution of its edge data centers, nLighten is working towards having a pan-European presence in all major cities and providing access to low latency and proximity to end users across Europe. The nLighten edge data centers are designed to meet the increasing demand for faster and more reliable data processing and storage, while also being mindful of environmental impact. nLighten was founded in 2021 by a core team with many years’ experience and wide-ranging expertise in the data center sector. The team’s main motivation was to create the next step for the data center industry and align edge data centers with the green transition. nLighten’s goal is to build and operate the leading pan-European edge data center platform. We are hiring: nLighten is driven by a dynamic and creative international team and the company is fast-growing, future-oriented and innovative. That’s why we’re always looking for talented and driven individuals to join us and take their career to the next level. Interested? Contact us at hr@nlighten.eu