Jim Smith

smith_jim_cropChief Technology Officer, Digital Realty Trust

Jim Smith is Chief Technology Officer at Digital Realty Trust, where he oversees data center development, the company's efficiency and green strategy, and power procurement and energy management. In the past four years, Mr. Smith and the Digital Realty Trust team have delivered more than 300MW of UPS capacity on over 60 datacenter projects in North America and Europe. This portfolio includes the industry's first LEED Gold certified data center and the UK’s first BREEAM certified Excellent data center.
Mr. Smith has a BS in Chemistry from Fort Lewis College and an MBA from London Business School. He was named an InfoWorld top 25 CTO of 2008.