Savills has appointed data centre specialist Alex Thomas as an associate director in the firm’s London project management team.
Thomas, who has more 15 years’ experience across the construction industry, delivering complex data centre projects throughout EMEA for clients including AWS and Microsoft, joins from Rider Levett Bucknall. Prior to that, he worked at CBRE Global Workplace Solutions.
In his new role, Thomas will join the data centre project management team working alongside Marc Edmondson who joined the firm earlier this year.
Thomas said: “I am delighted to join Savills’ data centre project management team, strengthening the firm’s capability to help satisfy increasing demand from both cloud providers and AI businesses. This remains an exciting area of expansion and I look forward to working with Savills’ strong existing network of data centre experts across the UK and EMEA.”
Simon Collett, executive director and head of BPC at Savills, added: “We are very pleased to welcome Alex to Savills. This is a significant growth area for the business and his experience and expertise will no doubt bolster our ability to offer our clients a first-class service.”
