James Rix

Project Director & Accredited Sustainability Advisor, Arcadis

James has always been involved in construction and since 2007 he has pivoted into data centre construction, with CSA, MEP or IT Infrastructure. He is internationally experienced having lived and worked in South East Asia as well as Finland. To date he has run data centre projects in over 14 different countries in 3 continents, either remotely or in person and is skilled in getting international teams working collaboratively together. He is a well-known international speaker on data centres, having shared his insights in serval Asian countries as well as in the Nordics, UK and USA. James is passionate about sustainability and the use of alternative materials for the built structure and the use of new and inspiring talent across the industry. He hates greenwashing and carbon offsetting amongst other things.