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“ The campus is phenomenal ,” said Miller , who is also responsible for the global construction and supply chain standardisation .
“ I live in Arizona , so I ' ve seen this project rise from the sand into a vast building in the desert - I think this shows why I love construction as I can see all the hard work of the teams showing in the bricks and mortar of a data centre building .
“ We ’ re focusing on the build-to-suit concept as another channel for customers . NTT has the ability to expand quickly with partners and build to their requirements which is becoming more important for larger customers . We are leveraging our internal expertise to build and design exactly what they need ,” said Miller , who pointed out her team has the “ knowledge and capability ” to understand what a client is looking for .
“ In terms of sustainability in construction and engineering , we ’ re always looking at ways to make our data centres more energy efficient , using renewables in certain regions and always looking at sustainable data centre standards like LEED .”
Miller leads a unique team of diverse talent During the past year Miller and NTT have invested in a diverse engineering and construction team that is focused on the customer perspective and requirements .
“ My team has diverse talent from Amazon , Google , Facebook and Microsoft and this allows us to understand the client perspective and deliver to those requirements .”
Part of Miller ’ s team is Toby Stapleton , Director of Business Operations Construction , Critical Facilities Engineering & Design , who has 20 years of experience in the mission critical and data centre space .
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