Data Center 50: The Coolest Data Center Companies Of 2023

February 27, 2023, 09:00 AM EST

From the world’s largest providers of data center hardware and software to the cloud data center giants building new centers across the globe, CRN breaks down 50 key data center companies in 2023.

Element Critical
Ken Parent, CEO
Headquarters: San Francisco

Element Critical last year had the biggest quarter for sales in the company’s history. While it does not publicly report the numbers, Element Critical said it grew revenue 122.7 percent in the last quarter of 2022 versus the same quarter a year ago.

In September, the company hired two data center industry veterans to steer its revenue generation by hiring Regis Malloy as chief strategy officer and Steve Weaver as chief revenue officer. Malloy previously worked at Oracle, Avaya and Qwest CyberSolutions. Weaver previously worked as senior vice president and chief sales officer for vXchnge.

Element Critical offers data center services in Chicago; Austin, Texas; Houston, Silicon Valley and Virginia. The company said it expects strong growth this year in the technology, finance, energy and hyperscale sectors.

O’Ryan Johnson is a veteran news reporter. He covers the data center beat for CRN and hopes to hear from channel partners about how he can improve his coverage and write the stories they want to read. He can be reached at ojohnson@thechannelcompany.com..