Chris brings over 36 years’ expertise in engineering and low-carbon consulting to Knight Frank, having efficiently led multidisciplinary design groups on high-profile engineering initiatives with a capex worth exceeding £900 million.
He joins Knight Frank from engineering design and sustainability consultancy Hydrock, the place he ran the agency’s information centre provide and developed a portfolio of greater than 30 main initiatives throughout the UK and Europe.
Chris served as a Lead Marketing consultant for a 230MW three-site information centre campus on the Kennedy Wilson South West London Knowledge Centre Cluster, and beforehand suggested SEGRO on the procurement of 600MW of energy round London, in addition to performing as an engineering lead for a proposed 140MVA information centre for Iver Bucks on behalf of Patrizia.
In his new position, Chris will work carefully with Stephen Beard, Head of Knowledge Centres at Knight Frank, alongside the agency’s wider Knowledge Centres apply, to help shoppers in procuring entry to energy to assist the operation of knowledge centre services throughout the UK. Leveraging his vital experience, Chris will assist information centre builders, homeowners and operators to liaise with public sector stakeholders and power suppliers all through services’ lifecycle to handle challenges in energy availability.
Stephen Beard, Head of Knowledge Centres at Knight Frank, commented: “In a world the place energy is the important thing commodity inside the information centre house, we’re extraordinarily fortunate to have an knowledgeable in-house who can present real experience and worth add to our shoppers. Chris has developed an intimate understanding of the challenges and intricacies of knowledge centre energy procurement and the MEP inputs required to ship the AI information centres for tomorrow all through his profession, and shoppers will profit immensely from his knowledgeable counsel and nuanced perception into the sector.”
Chris Jones, Accomplice and Head of Energy Procurement and MEP Consultancy at Knight Frank, added: “The growing calls for of synthetic intelligence and our continued reliance on IT infrastructure at each stage of society is inserting a better pressure on nationwide information centre infrastructure. Builders and information centre operators’ entry to energy is essential for guaranteeing services have the capability to fulfill demand. Working alongside Stephen and Knight Frank’s world community of consultants, I look ahead to leveraging my experience to ship modern energy options for shoppers.”
