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Chris Moon

Chris Moon

Managing Director

Digital Colony

Andrew Bartrop

Andrew Bartrop

Managing Director

Deutsche Bank

Adam Knobloch
Emcee

Adam Knobloch

VP & Head of Data Centers

Bisnow

Kristin Leung

Kristin Leung

Managing Director & Head of N.A. Investments

Cloud Capital

Peter Hopper

Peter Hopper

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Primary Digital Infrastructure

Terry Rennaker

Terry Rennaker

Partner

Eagle Rock Partners

Enrique Torres

Enrique Torres

VP, Corporate Development - Real Estate

Equinix

Lloyd Proctor Jr.
Moderator

Lloyd Proctor Jr.

Market Development Manager

OpenSquare

Chris Moon

Managing Director

Digital Colony

Chris Moon is a Managing Director at Digital Colony, a global investment firm with a unique focus on next generation mobile and internet infrastructure. Prior to joining Digital Colony, Chris was a Managing Director in ING’s Telecom & Technology Banking group where he had responsibility for lending origination in the US, Canada and Latin America. Mr. Moon has over 15 years of experience arranging capital for multinational corporates along the entire spectrum of telecom and technology verticals, including: telecom carriers, datacenters, towers, fiber networks, enterprise software, cybersecurity, data analytics and semiconductors. He is a frequent contributor to trade publications and regularly speaks at industry events focused on the expansion of telecom infrastructure and emerging technologies. Prior to joining ING, Chris held positions at PwC and Goldman Sachs. Chris is a CFA Charterholder and a Certified Public Accountant.

Andrew Bartrop

Managing Director

Deutsche Bank

Andrew is a Managing Director and Co-Head of Deutsche Bank’s Real Estate Investment Banking team in the Americas. Andrew invests a significant amount of time in the data center sector, where he is focused on strategic advisory and capital markets client coverage for the firm’s clients. Andrew joined Deutsche Bank in 2006, where he spent four years in London before moving to New York in 2010.

Adam Knobloch

Emcee

Bisnow

Adam Knobloch has been involved in the commercial real estate event and media space since 2010, having held roles in sales, account management, production and coordination. He joined Bisnow Media as the Global Director of Data Centers after having led event sales and strategy efforts in the CRE space for nearly a decade. Since 2012, he has found a significant passion for the data center and technology sectors, while building an international network of active followers across numerous asset classes in the US, UK, Canada and Ireland. In his current role, Adam oversees Bisnow Media's event and sponsored media strategy for the data center sector, having expanded its Datacenter Investment Conference & Expo (DICE) Series event offerings to more than 15 markets, with an international presence in the UK and Canada.

He previously held a board member role on the Telecom Exchange (TEX) Advisory Board, collaborating on content, speaker recommendations and event strategy. Additionally, he has made a point of promoting local and national organizations with a focus on STEM education and advancing the next generation into the technology sector through support, collaboration and ambassadorship. Notable organizations include the Nomad Futurist Academy, Infrastructure Masons, H5 Data Centers' STEM Fest and local chapters of both 7X24 Exchange and AFCOM.

In his personal life, Adam is a musician, having toured the east coast as the drummer of The Gantry. He was a frequent member of the NYC folk/indie rock music scene and is currently the drummer for A.M. County.

Adam holds a Bachelor's Degree of Business Administration from American University's Kogod School of Business, with a focus on Marketing and Public Relations.

Peter Hopper

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Primary Digital Infrastructure

Peter Hopper is a Co-Founder and Managing Director at Primary Digital Infrastructure, an independent data center investment platform. In prior roles, Mr. Hopper was a Managing Director at DigitalBridge Investment Management. Mr. Hopper was responsible for the identification, evaluation, and implementation of growth opportunities for DigitalBridge’s investment management franchise. Prior to joining DigitalBridge, Mr. Hopper was Co-Founder and CEO of DH Capital, a firm specializing in assisting growing businesses in the Internet Infrastructure, Telecom and SaaS industries. Prior to founding DH Capital, Mr. Hopper founded and served as President and CEO of DURO Communications, one of the largest privately held ISP/CLECs in the U.S. Mr. Hopper received a Bachelor of Science from Lehigh University in Pennsylvania.

Enrique Torres

VP, Corporate Development - Real Estate

Equinix

Enrique Torres joined Equinix in 2014 and serves as Vice President of Corporate Development, Real Estate Investment. Mr. Torres focuses on managing the real estate development investment process, capital prioritization, and supporting Equinix's Hyperscale expansion.

Mr. Torres brings to Equinix over 10 years of real estate investment, capital markets, and finance experience. Mr. Torres also serves as a Director at Mid-Pen Housing, a non-profit, low-income housing developer. Prior to joining Equinix, Mr. Torres served as an Acquisition and Corporate Finance Manager at Rexford Industrial where he helped close over $150 million in acquisitions and led the financial analysis for company's IPO. Prior to joining Rexford, Mr. Torres worked at Green Street Advisors as a REIT Equity Research Analyst where in 2012 was awarded the Wall Street Journal’s Best on the Street Award.

Mr. Torres received his B.S. degree in Economics Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business and his International MBA with honors from the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business.

Lloyd Proctor Jr.

Moderator

OpenSquare

Fascinated by the “why” behind the growth of emerging industries, Lloyd started with numbers, research, and analytics. He spent years in East Coast markets as an analyst, identifying commonalities where development activity was emerging. Moving to the opposite coast, Lloyd began curating content on commercial and biotech tenant trends in the PNW.

Lloyd’s persistence in dissecting how people shape environments continues to drive his interest in the CRE sector. As our new Market Development Manager, Lloyd finds solutions and opportunities to deliver environments that foster better connections, collaboration, research, and innovation for commercial and biotech organizations.

Summary

  1. How are investors maximizing their capital now to find yield?

  2. Which types of data center assets are investors pursuing with a debt-forward strategy, and why?

  3. How is investing in Tier 2 and Tier 3 assets different than Tier 1?

  4. How has the pandemic impacted investors’ abilities to acquire debt for investment?