Speakers

John Eland is the Chief Executive Officer at Rubix Data Centers where he leads the business and the strategic execution, operation, and expansion globally. He brings a wealth of expertise to the role with more than 25 years of experience across the data center, telecommunications, and investment sectors.

Prior to forming Rubix, John was the Chief Executive Officer of STACK Infrastructure’s EMEA region from 2022 to 2026 where he was responsible for the overall strategic direction and growth of the business. He drove operational and business performance excellence across the company’s incumbent markets and led the expansion strategy in incumbent and new markets, driving significant growth and scale of the platform during his tenure.

Prior to joining STACK, John spent five years at NTT Global Data Centers where he served as global Chief Strategy Officer. NTT has one of the world’s largest data center platforms with more than 160 data centers globally in APAC, EMEA, and the Americas. In this role John led strategy and corporate development in existing and new markets. He also oversaw NTT’s ongoing expansion efforts through M&A, Investments, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, and development, and was responsible for the go-to-market strategy.

In 2019 John led the integration and rebranding of NTT’s global data center affiliates including e-shelter and Gyron in Europe, Ragingwire in the US, Netmagic in India, and NTT Communications data centers in APAC.

John began his career in the telecommunications sector in the late 90’s in sales and channel management for Verizon and Virgin Media. He later assumed the role of CEO at Data City Exchange, a modular data center solution innovator. From there he transitioned to the investment side of the industry, joining AXA Investment Managers in 2014 to oversee the deployment and management of AXA IM’s inaugural  £1billion data center investment program.