In this episode of Data Distilled, we explore why Project Controls is the essential "navigator" for mission-critical construction. Matt Craske, former Global Head of Program Controls for Google’s data centers, joins JE Dunn’s Joe Schultz and Chris Kaestner to discuss moving beyond traditional project management into Operational Science. Whether you're a construction manager or controls professional, learn how computer vision, Lean principles, and data-driven truth are eliminating variance and waste on massive data center projects.

As the AI gold rush accelerates, the vital need for data centers is sometimes met with understandable "NIMBY" (Not In My Backyard) concerns regarding local impact. In this episode of Data Distilled, our Mission Critical leaders discuss these NIMBY hesitations head-on, unpacking how the industry is proactively solving big infrastructure challenges with innovations like non-evaporative cooling to save water and strategic tariffs to protect local power grids. Beyond the environmental solutions, we reveal the economic benefits these facilities bring to their host cities. Listen in on this conversation about how the mega campuses powering tomorrow's smart cities can actually become a positive addition to our own backyards.

In the second installment of our superintendent series with Justin Goodlaxson, JE Dunn's South Central Region's Director of Field Operations, and Noah Westlake, General Superintendent in the Mission Critical Group, Chris Teddy gets real about managing trade partners, conflict and how mentorships got them where they are today.