2025 Data Center Awards
The Data Center Awards allow us to recognize and celebrate exceptional leaders in the Data Center Community! Join us at Data Center World 2025 in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the Data Center Manager of the Year and honor the Data Center World Lifetime Achievement Award Winner.
The nomination window for the 2025 Data Center Manager of the Year is open.
2024 Awards Winners Announced!
The Data Center Awards allows us to recognize and celebrate exceptional leaders in the Data Center Community! And the 2024 winners for Data Center World Lifetime Achievement Award Winner and honorary for the Data Center Manager of the Year are:
Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
Peter Gross
Managing Partner, PMG Associates Consulting and Advisors
Data Center Manager of the Year
Bjarne Sorbo
Green Mountain, Operation Director
Thank you to our finalists for their submissions:
- Rebecca Beard with DC Blox
- Len Fransen with T5 Data Centers
- Joe Kendra with STACK Infrastructure
- Glen Lobacz with NTT Data
Past Winners
2023 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
Carrie Goetz
Principal/CTO, StrategITcom
2023 Data Center Manager of the Year
Paul Abston
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Data Center Manager - Infrastructure Operations Group Leader
Innovation Challenge
Data Center World held its 3rd annual tech startup competition at our annual conference in Washington, D.C., on April 17, 2024. The Innovation Challenge contest pitted data center technology technology startups against each other.