Karen Petersburg

Karen oversees the planning and execution large scale data center projects for AREP’s PowerHouse Data Center platform.

Karen brings almost two decades of design, sustainability, and project management experience in the mission-critical sector, having successfully managed complex sustainable data center design and engineering projects, including campus developments, hyperscale built-to-suits, and major infrastructure renovations. As a sustainability SME, Karen was recently honored by the Green Building Initiative (GBI) as its 2024 Member of the Year for her exceptional dedication to improving the built environment.

Ryan Mallory

Ryan Mallory is President and COO at Flexential, and has 25+ years’ experience leading global infrastructure operations across network, platform, and customer-facing functions for top-tier data center providers.

At Flexential, Ryan leads day-to-day operations across all company functions—scaling the company’s national platform of 40+ data centers and a 100Gbps+ private network backbone to meet the demands of today’s high-density compute environments. Since joining in 2020, Ryan has helped advance the FlexAnywhere® platform, unifying colocation, interconnection, cloud, and managed services into a scalable solution for enterprises navigating AI, digital transformation, and compliance complexity.

Before Flexential, Ryan held leadership roles at Equinix, Digital Realty, XO Communications, SAVVIS, and UUNET.