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Around the Horn: Data Center Supply Chains — What's Next?
14 Aug 2025
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Area Development magazine caught up with its Q2 guest editors, Ford Graham and Steven Pearce from McGuireWoods consulting, to talk about their reporting on data center supply chains. We invited Ermengarde Jabir Director of Economic Research at Moody’s who also explored data centers for a recent Area Development article to join the discussion. This conversation has been edited for style and length.
Area Development: Let's start with introductions and a quick story. When did it hit you—just how essential data centers are?
Ermengarde Jabir: I realized how foundational data centers are during the pandemic—when remote work and e-commerce took over. Without data centers, none of that would’ve been possible.
Click here to read the full interview from Area Development.
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