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Oliver Schiebel
08/07/2025
Oliver Schiebel
Oliver Schiebel is the CEO of hscale, a newly launched European data center platform backed by Bain Capital. Oliver is a 20+ year veteran of the telecommunications and data center industry who previously built the data center business for German utility Mainova, which recently saw a partial sale to BlackRock, and held senior roles at various data center providers including helping build Interxion's Frankfurt campus. In this episode, Oliver discusses hscale's ambitious European expansion strategy, launching with a gigawatt of development pipeline across Oslo, Milan, Barcelona, Madrid, Frankfurt, and London. He covers the challenges facing hyperscale customers in sourcing capacity, the industry's shift to liquid cooling, hscale's hybrid cooling approach, and their renewable energy partnerships including solar-powered campuses in Spain. Oliver also highlights the often-overlooked issue of cybersecurity in the data center industry.
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