Mike Golding

Mike has recently joined VIRTUS to lead Design and Construction activities in EMEA. Mike joins the VIRTUS management team bringing over 30 years’ experience in the wider construction industry and 20 years of specific Data Centre Design and Delivery expertise delivering over 750MW of capacity for lease providers and self-build programs of work during this time. Mike is a strong advocate of construction safety, scheduling predictability, sustainability & quality and brings deep experience of end-to-end data centre delivery in established and new geo expansions in EMEA.

Previously, Mike worked across UK and Europe for companies such as Digital Realty, Cundall and Arup operating in both design and construction lead roles. Mike’s previous role was Construction Leader for Microsoft in EMEA where, for 6 years, he led the team to expand footprint in both established and multiple new region Geos, delivering capacity to drive Hyper Scale cloud business growth.

He is a Chartered Electrical Engineer and holds an 1st class honours degree in Electrical and Power Engineering as well as being a power systems SME and Uptime certified designer.