Asia-Pacific data centre developer and operator Flow Digital Infrastructure, which is backed by investment firm PAG, has appointed Ken Marron as chief technology officer ( CTO ) to lead the company’s technology function across the region.

Marron, who will be based in Tokyo, brings over 30 years of extensive construction and architecture experience across Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Europe within the data centre and real estate sectors.

Prior to Flow, he was the general manager of the data centre business at CapitaLand ( Japan ). He has held several leadership positions at data centre developers and operators, including NextDC and Yondr, and has been based in Japan working on data centres since 2001. Before moving to Japan, Marron worked for Takenaka Komuten for 10 years in London on projects across Europe.

Flow recently announced the build-out of its new data centre in the Central Tokyo area. Since its establishment in 2021, the company has built a portfolio of 11 assets across Japan, Korea, Philippines and Malaysia with over 193 megawatts of current and planned IT capacity.

“Technology is at the core of our vision as a developer and operator in the digital infrastructure space,” says Sanjay Goel, Flow’s CEO. “Marron will drive our technology initiatives as we establish a centre of excellence for design and engineering, while continuing to strengthen local and regional partnerships across the Asia-Pacific data centre market.”