AtlasEdge, a leading European Edge data center platform has announced the appointment of Tesh Durvasula as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Durvasula, was previously the CEO of Africa Data Centres, the data center arm of Liquid Technologies.
Durvasula is a digital infrastructure and data center industry veteran with over 25 years’ experience of experience across development, finance, sales and marketing, and real estate. Asides his most recent role at Africa Data Centres, where he spent a little over two years, he has served in a broad range of leadership roles, including President and CEO, CyrusOne; Chief Marketing and Business Officer for Quality Technology Services and Chief Marketing and Business Officer for Telx, At CyrusOne, Durvasula drove value for the company and its investors through a combination of rapid sales growth and mergers and acquisitions, and led the acquisitions of data center providers Sentinel and Cervalis, as well as the data center assets of the financial trading campus of CME Group, with a combined transaction value of over $1 billion. His strong record of value creation and scaling the organization, helped Cyrus grow annual revenue from $221 million in 2012 to over $1 billion in 2020. At the Quality Technology Services, Durvasula created and executed the company’s go-to-market strategy, paving the way for evolution from privately held company to equity-backed organization to IPO, and then eventually acquired by Blackstone for $10 billion in 2021.
Commenting on his new role, Durvasula expressed enthusiasm about the opportunity to lead AtlasEdge through its next phase of evolution. “I am delighted to join AtlasEdge and lead the company through its next phase of growth. The rising tide of customer demands makes this a prime time to invest in Edge data center markets, and AtlasEdge is perfectly positioned to continue capturing this demand and become the continent’s leading platform,” he said.
The appointment of Durvasula comes at a pivotal juncture for AtlasEdge, as the company rolls out its AgileEdge strategy, a unique approach to data center construction which uses cutting-edge design and smart supply chain management to enable rapid site development at consistent quality across a range of sizes. The company also recently acquired Datacenter One, a data center company in Germany with facilities in Stuttgart, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, and Leverkuse, bolstering its position as the leading European Edge data centre platform with operations across 12 countries.
