From 2024
A “technological arms race.” That’s how Digital Realty CEO Andrew Power describes what’s happening in his industry. AI has been a game-changer in data center demand, the main force behind an insatiable thirst for energy. Jennifer Warren details the situation and how North Texas companies are grappling with the challenges—and stand to benefit—in her analytical piece that’s featured in our November issue.
Warren is one of the nation’s top reporters who covers energy and tech, and how the two often interconnect, and a thought leader who’s often asked to speak at industry events. She was among the first to cover the shale revolution. Because she has a thorough understanding of the industry and access to its biggest players, her reports are incredibly insightful. Given her depth of knowledge, they also tend to be more dense than the personality profiles we typically publish in D CEO.
For Warren’s latest deep-dive, we felt it was important to keep things at a high level of sophistication and give readers the value that only she can deliver. She spent months doing research and interviews before fitting the puzzle pieces together. “I was turning myself inside out, trying to thread it all together in a coherent way, with so much to capture,” she says.
Because it’s an international region with a strong base of oil and gas companies, North Texas is the ideal place for her to pursue her interests in energy and globalization, Warren says. Driven by intellectual curiosity, she operates in a left brain-right brain world. She is wildly creative but equally as passionate about unearthing data to confirm (or disprove) her ideas.
When it comes to her work, Warren says she strives to advance the dialogue. “To me, what’s really important is being a straight-shooter, calling it like it is, and conveying what is true and what is real—but also what is possible,” she says.
“In the end, if people see themselves in my stories, or they see something new or they learn, maybe get an idea that’s going to advance their work, that’s fantastic,” she adds. “I hope that happens. I hope I’m a catalyst, in some respects—a catalyst of opportunity.”
