Pure Data Centres accelerates hyperscale leadership team to drive Europe’s AI infrastructure expansion
Reinforcing Pure DC’s leadership team with the appointment of Jeff Harrison and Michael Schwartz to drive the next stage of expansion.
Pure Data Centres Group (“Pure DC”), the pan-European and Middle East hyperscale cloud and AI infrastructure platform, today announced the appointments of Jeff Harrison as Chief Commercial Officer and Michael Schwartz as Chief Financial Officer. The appointments follow the recent hiring of Gary Wojtaszek as Executive Chairman and Interim CEO and represent a deliberate move to assemble one of the most experienced hyperscale leadership teams in the digital infrastructure industry.
The three executives previously worked together at CyrusOne, where they helped pivot the company toward hyperscale cloud infrastructure — transforming the platform into one of the fastest-growing global data centre companies and culminating in its $15 billion acquisition.
Pure DC is positioning itself to capture the next wave of AI-driven infrastructure demand across Europe and the Middle East — expanding capacity in constrained FLAP-D markets, while developing large-scale AI campuses capable of supporting hundreds of megawatts, and ultimately gigawatts of compute infrastructure.
“Pure DC already has one of the most talented and experienced teams in the European data centre industry. Jeff and Mike are joining an incredibly strong bench of leaders who know how to deliver infrastructure at the exacting standards required by hyperscale customers. I’ve had the privilege of working with both of them for many years and know firsthand what they bring to a platform at scale."
Both executives will relocate from the United States to join Pure DC’s London headquarters in Spring 2026.
Gary Wojtaszek, Executive Chairman and Interim CEO, said: “Jeff played a critical role in leading the hyperscale sales initiative at CyrusOne, where we successfully pivoted the company toward cloud infrastructure. I fully expect he will help drive Pure DC’s success as the AI infrastructure race accelerates globally. Mike brings the kind of financial discipline required to scale a platform responsibly. At CyrusOne he helped deliver against market guidance while supporting one of the fastest growth trajectories in the industry.”
“I’ve seen firsthand the extraordinary scale and pace of AI-driven demand developing across the United States. Europe is next. Pure DC has the right combination of leadership, customer relationships and development capability to capture that opportunity. We intend to move quickly to expand across both constrained urban cloud markets and large-scale AI campuses.”
“It’s great to help build what I believe will be another outstanding company. The opportunity to create significant long-term value while scaling a disciplined hyperscale platform across Europe and the Middle East is extremely compelling.”
Pure DC currently has more than 1GW of capacity live or under development and is actively evaluating additional gigawatt-scale campus opportunities across key European markets.
As AI demand accelerates globally and power-secure infrastructure becomes the defining constraint on digital growth, Pure DC is assembling the leadership, talent and capital discipline required to help build the next generation of hyperscale AI campuses across Europe and the Middle East.