Pip Squire

Pip Squire has successfully designed, configured and delivered data centres for Ark since before Ark was Ark. Founded in 2005, Ark has been providing facilities since its inception and has become well-known for its commitment to social responsibility. 

Pip has been central to the delivery of 13 operational data centre buildings across five separate campus locations in the UK, providing in excess of 140MW of IT capacity. A further three large data centres >100MW(IT) are in the construction phase, with a further two >100MW(IT) in the planning phase.  

As part of a large American engineering construction organisation that focuses on power, water and telecoms, Pip led the European renewable energy team — with a particular focus on hydro, marine and tidal power systems — from 1999 to 2008. At the same time, he combined the company’s power and telecom specialties to provide a data centre offering that ultimately led to his life at Ark Data Centres where he started as employee number 1 in 2008.

With a foundation degree in earth sciences, sustainability has been at the core of Pip’s career which has meant that all Ark data centres and campuses are built and operated with sustainability at the heart of the company. In addition to driving the sustainability agenda at Ark, Pip is also instrumental in driving ESG and carbon reporting resulting in a Carbon Reduction Plan to meet Net Zero by 2030.