Vantage Data Centers has announced a pair of leadership appointments, with Dana Adams and David Howson joining the business as regional presidents of North America and EMEA, respectively.
Dana Adams, a data center veteran, comes with 18 years of industry experience and previously served as COO of AirTruck, a hyperscale data center provider serving the Asia-Pacific region.
He also previously held leadership positions at Iron Mountain and Digital Realty.
Denver-based Adams will now lead Vantage's growth efforts in North America, including market development, sales, construction and operations. He will report to Jeff Trench, Vantage executive vice president of North America and APAC.
Based in London, David Howson will take charge of the relevant activities in EMEA, reporting to the company's president and CEO, Sureel Choksi.
With 30 years of experience in international internet infrastructure, Howson joins having previously worked as COO at national end-to-end digital network services provider, Congruex.
Previously, he also held the position of CEO at Six Degrees Group, as well as held various executive positions at Zayo Group and Level 3 Communications.
Vantage Data Centers eyes global growth
In an announcement, Vantage said the move will arm its two largest regions with key expertise as it enters its next phase of global growth.
“The additions of Dana and David come at a crucial time for Vantage as we continue to expand our leadership team to keep pace with our customers' exponential growth driven by global cloud and artificial intelligence services,” said Sureel Choksi. , president and CEO of Vantage.
“I am delighted to welcome Dana and David given the wealth of experience and leadership they bring to our two largest regions.”
In addition to the two new appointments, Vantage also revealed that Antoine Boniface, who has been president of EMEA for the past four years, will now move to the role of commercial director for the region.
Boniface is tasked with driving the company's business strategy to expand its customer base in the region and will oversee site selection, market intelligence, sales and sales engineering, the firm said.
“We are excited to have Antoine become our first commercial director in EMEA,” added Choksi. “Antoine has been instrumental in our success in the region and this new role leverages his strengths and his passion for serving our clients. “David, Antoine and the EMEA leadership team will collectively partner to drive our next stage of growth.”
The changes come on the heels of a strong 2023 for Vantage. In October 2023, the company announced that it had sealed a new €2.5 billion partnership to drive the expansion of its data center platform in EMEA.
In November, the company also announced the appointment of Raymond Tong as its new president of the APAC region.
