Technology

DataBank CEO Raul Martynek Talks Data Centers

Jun. 13, 2025

Guests: Raul Martynek, CEO, Databank

Host: Michael Elias, Communications Infrastructure Analyst, TD Cowen

We speak with DataBank's CEO Raul Martynek at the TD Cowen 53rd Annual Technology, Media & Telecom Conference. Mr. Martynek discusses his latest observations of the data center market including hyperscale/enterprise data center demand, the impact of tariffs on data center build costs, development yields, pricing trends, the bottlenecks to capacity delivery and the long-term opportunities/challenges for the data center sector.

This podcast was recorded on May 29, 2025

Full transcript to come.

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Michael Elias

Vice President, TMT - Communications Infrastructure Research Analyst, TD Cowen

Michael Elias
Vice President, TMT - Communications Infrastructure Research Analyst, TD Cowen

Biography

Michael Elias is a Vice President covering the Communications Infrastructure sector including Data Centers and Content Delivery Networks (CDN’s) and has been a member of the Communications Infrastructure team at TD Cowen since 2017.

Prior to joining TD Cowen, Mr. Elias worked as an equity analyst at Xanthus Capital Management. Mr. Elias received his B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research: Engineering Management Systems at Columbia University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.