Panattoni has set up a new dedicated data centres team to lead the company’s push into the sector across the UK, Europe, India and the Middle East.
The team will be led by Richard Wellbrock, who joins Panattoni as managing director, data centres. Wellbrock, who has more than 25 years of real estate experience, most recently served as chief commercial officer at Colt Data Centre Services.
Wellbrock is joined in the new data centres team by former Colt DCS colleagues Nick Parker, who has been appointed head of capital deployment, data centres; John Belton, head of development, data centres, and Paul Terry, infrastructure director, data centres.
All four will be based in London and report to Robert Dobrzycki, CEO and co-owner of Panattoni Europe, UK, Middle East and India.
Dobrzycki said: “This is a significant new chapter for Panattoni. Data centres are essential infrastructure for the modern economy, and we are now building a world-class platform to deliver them. Richard and his team bring exceptional experience and insight.”
Wellbrock added: “Panattoni has an outstanding track record of development at scale and pace. With our team now in place, we’re looking forward to growing the business across Europe, the UK, India and the Middle East, supporting hyperscalers, cloud providers and enterprise customers with high-quality data centre solutions.”
