A data center strategy is only as strong as the foundations it’s built on. When you look at that literally, we’re talking about land and site development. It’s true that robust location strategy, site selection, due diligence, acquisition and development are key to ensuring whatever infrastructure or strategy is built on top can flourish and help tenants innovate. Without laying these firm foundations in the initial stages of a product life cycle, nobody can be sure they’re getting the very best solution possible. 

Another Former Google Team Member Comes to Stream

Stream Data Centers, an industry leader in delivering exceptional data center experiences to global enterprise and hyperscale clients, is well aware of the importance of site selection and development — which is why it has been strategically expanding its Location Strategy and Development team. In fact, the company has just announced the appointment of Oisin O Murchu as Vice President of Development. This new addition to the team will enable Stream and its customers to benefit from O Murchu’s extensive knowledge of the mission-critical industry, which will help streamline and strengthen Stream’s site due diligence, acquisition and development processes. 

“Site development is arguably one of the most important phases in any project lifecycle, as it ensures data center operators can deliver capacity to tenants without any surprises. Stream Data Centers is dedicated to delivering site development expertise that ensures de-risked, shovel-ready sites so our customers can get the capacity they need when and where they need it. Oisin is a fantastic addition that is sure to augment these efforts considerably,” comments Michael Lahoud, Stream’s Chief Operating Officer and Partner. 

More on Oisin O Murchu’s Accomplished Career

O Murchu will help ensure that Stream’s customers can continue enjoying exceptional data center services and location strategy services with exceptional levels of speed, customization and risk mitigation. He stands as an accomplished member of the mission-critical infrastructure industry, and has worked across the oil and gas, pharmaceutical and semiconductor industries as well for more than a decade. Across his roles, he has supported a wide array of goals and initiatives across commercial, contractual, and technical functions. Before his role at Stream, O Murchu served as the Global Programmatic Lead for Google’s Energy and Location Strategy team. There, he led the development of scalable platforms, programs, and tools to support all of Google’s data center land acquisition and utility development projects. O Murchu is both a Chartered Engineer and a Licensed Professional Engineer. 

“I’m thrilled to be joining Stream and am looking forward to helping guide the company’s location strategy and site development processes — especially as the sites become larger and the demands they must meet become more complex,” notes O Murchu. “It’s clear that Stream offers one of the industry’s best teams in this area, so I’m eager to help optimize and refine their proven strategies even further to cater to our customers’ sophisticated needs.”

Location strategy and site development veteran Mike Lebow heads up the associated team at Stream, which continues to go above and beyond traditional site selection processes. Delivering a holistic location strategy approach to data center deployment, the company’s industry-leading services and insights span due diligence, zoning and land use permitting, utility upgrades and interconnections, energy procurement, and economic development incentive negotiations.

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