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aWordWithWard: Season 2 Episode #2 Tim Hughes

Ward Hampton sits down with Tim Hughes, a development executive at Stack Infrastructure, for an in-depth conversation about building careers and teams in the rapidly evolving data center industry. Tim shares his unconventional path from working overnight shifts at Target and playing in a punk rock band to becoming a key leader at one of the industry's fastest-growing data center developers. He discusses Stack's remarkable scaling journey from a small team to nearly 600 employees across the Americas, with 60 buildings currently under construction, and reveals his "unicorn" philosophy for hiring - why perfect candidates don't exist and how to build exceptional teams by combining complementary skills from adjacent industries like real estate, clean energy, and utilities. The conversation tackles one of the industry's biggest challenges: "vaporware" - comparing today's data center market to the early SaaS days when companies made promises they couldn't deliver. Tim argues that human capital, not just financial capital, is the missing piece in project execution and explains why this is creating market dysfunction in utility interconnection queues. He also discusses untapped partnership opportunities with hyperscale companies who self-perform development, advocating for a co-sourcing approach that could benefit the entire ecosystem. Whether you're considering a career move into data centers or looking to understand how successful companies scale their teams, this episode offers practical insights from someone who's lived through explosive industry growth. -- GET IN TOUCH -- ▹Visit our Website:- https://thewayofward.com/ ▹LinkedIn:-   / ward-hampton-b15a4a28