Nick Bouknight
Vice President, Design & Engineering Skybox Datacenters
Nick Bouknight is Vice President of Design and Engineering at Skybox Datacenters, where he leads the planning, design, and execution of large-scale data center developments. With hands-on experience spanning construction management through executive leadership, Nick brings a practical, delivery-driven perspective to aligning design decisions with constructability, schedule certainty, and long-term operational performance across mission-critical facilities.
Seminars
In an environment where rack densities, cooling approaches, and customer requirements are evolving faster than traditional design cycles, flexibility has become a core engineering priority. Electrical and cooling architecture must be structured not only for today’s loads, but for uncertain platform shifts, higher future densities, and changing commercial demands. This workshop will explore how teams are embedding adaptability into infrastructure strategy – balancing standardization with scalability to reduce rework, protect capital investment, and maintain long term system relevance.
- Allowing for higher future rack densities in electrical and cooling design to maintain system relevance and minimize rework
- Developing facilities with adaptable layouts and scalable infrastructure to accommodate future technological shifts and minimize the need for costly retrofits
- Addressing the need for standardized yet flexible facilities to support diverse customer requirements
