Industry veteran Billie Haggard has been promoted from EVP of operations to chief facility operations officer by Dallas-based Aligned Data Centers, a technology infrastructure company offering innovative, sustainable, and adaptive scale data centers and build-to-scale solutions for global hyperscale and enterprise customers.

As EVP of operations, Haggard was responsible for spearheading the company’s data center performance optimization. In his newly created position of CFOO at Aligned, he will oversee both day-to-day data center operations and personnel globally while driving the operational strategy for data center technology enhancements, efficiency, and innovation.

“As we accelerate development of Aligned’s five-plus gigawatts of planned future capacity across the Americas to meet the demand for AI-ready infrastructure, Billie will provide the roadmap to ensure operations continue to scale to meet our growth strategy and the needs of our hyperscale and large enterprise customers,” Aligned CEO Andrew Schaap said in a statement. “Through our people, Aligned embodies a tenacious commitment to organizational excellence. With more than 25 years of experience and a track record of achievement in managing mission-critical operations and personnel across geographically dispersed facilities, we are confident that Billie’s leadership will continue to deliver the highest level of client service and performance reliability for future data center capacity in new locations as the company expands.”

In addition to driving Aligned’s operational excellence across North and South America, Aligned said that in his new role as CFOO, Haggard will continue to align operations with customer needs, optimize service delivery and operational efficiencies, and spearhead the integration of automation and artificial intelligence/ machine learning to enhance infrastructure reliability.

Data center management expertise

Before joining Aligned, Haggard was operations director for a global leader in facility and asset management, overseeing management, operations, maintenance, and training for more than three million square feet of data center space and several hundred personnel.

Previously, he held leadership positions with Critical Solutions Group, Microsoft Data Center Delivery Group, and CoreSite Realty Corporation.

“Aligned Data Centers, it’s now widely recognized, is uniquely positioned to meet the ever-increasing demand for AI, cloud services, and high-performance computing at the speed, scale, and quality of infrastructure our customers require,” Haggard said. “While strategic supply chains, flexible and adaptive platforms, and cooling technology innovations have been critical to Aligned’s success, the lion’s share of exceptional data center operations surrounds attracting and developing top-tier talent — industriously. And so in my new role as chief facility operations officer, I’m particularly enthused by the opportunity to enhance the operational excellence of our Pan-American teams as Aligned continues to aggressively grow its business globally.”

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