CleanArc Data Center’s Lindsey Bruner is in the news! Lindsey is featured on the cover of CIO Views latest issue as one of the Top 10 Empowering Women Leaders to Follow in 2024.
As CleanArc’s visionary COO, it‘s no surprise that the magazine has recognized Lindsey as an exceptional and positive leader that serves as an example to others. “In the dynamic world of business leadership, individuals like Lindsey Bruner, the Chief Operating Officer of CleanArc Data Centers, stand out as beacons of inspiration,” states the magazine’s headline.
In the article titled, “Lindsey Bruner: A Visionary Leader Transforming the Data Center Industry with Innovation and Inclusivity,” Lindsey charts her journey from a legal background to the forefront of the data center industry.
Lindsey’s career began in private law practice, where she honed her skills as a lawyer working on real estate and M&A transactions. Executive positions with the Americas branch of RES Group and CyrusOne followed further solidifying her expertise and culminating in her current role at CleanArc Data Centers.
CleanArc is a developer, owner, and operator of hyperscale data center campuses, with a load-following renewable energy offering that sets the company apart. As COO, Lindsey is responsible for all the administrative and business operations of the company, execution of strategy, and coordination of all business units. She also currently leads the acquisitions, development, program, and design teams, as well as overseeing functions such as legal, HR, and IT.
Like most leaders, Lindsey has encountered some roadblocks in her professional journey, but turned them into valuable lessons about taking the reins of her career path. She sees success as being able to say, ‘I left something better than I found it’ and having someone tell her that she inspired, encouraged, or motivated them in some way.”
She also believes that success is beginning and ending each day with the true feeling of gratitude – a sentiment she holds close in looking over her career path.
In the male-dominated data center industry, Lindsey recognizes the crucial role mentorship played in her career. She considers herself fortunate to have had phenomenal mentors and sponsors, both men and women, who supported her career journey and helped her develop into the leader she is today. Her mission is to extend that same support she received to make a meaningful impact on the next generation of leaders.
“I have been incredibly fortunate to have had really phenomenal mentors and sponsors – both men and women – who have supported me on my career journey, and they have been key in helping me develop as a person, an employee, and a leader to reach the position I have today,” she says. “It’s a mission of mine to pay that forward.”
To learn more about Lindsey’s remarkable professional journey, go to CIO Views.
