Joaquin (Jack) Fagundo: Photos, Interviews and Insights

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This page collects photos, interviews and insights from Joaquin (Jack) Fagundo, a technology executive in Parkland, FL with more than 20 years leading cloud, data center and AI infrastructure. Journalists, event organizers and clients are welcome to use these images with credit to Joaquin Fagundo.

Joaquin Fagundo interviews

Jack Fagundo joined the Data Center Go-to-Market Podcast to talk about career paths in the data center industry, how AI is changing operations, and where infrastructure is heading.

Watch the full episode on YouTube.

Joaquin Fagundo as a guest on the Data Center Go-to-Market Podcast with host Joshua Feinberg

Joaquin Fagundo with host Joshua Feinberg on the Data Center Go-to-Market Podcast.

Insights from Jack Fagundo

Ten ideas from Jack’s writing on AI, cloud and data centers. The full analysis is in AI Data Center Spending in 2026.

Quote by Joaquin (Jack) Fagundo, Parkland FL technology executive, on AI infrastructure: Plan capacity in megawatts. Get power delivery dates in writing. That is where AI programs slip.

Joaquin (Jack) Fagundo on AI infrastructure.

Quote by Joaquin (Jack) Fagundo, Parkland FL technology executive, on AI spending: When a forecast moves up every time it is published, demand is running ahead of the people paid to model it.

Joaquin (Jack) Fagundo on AI spending.

Quote by Joaquin (Jack) Fagundo, Parkland FL technology executive, on data centers: The constraint has moved from the balance sheet to physical delivery: buildings, power and dates.

Joaquin (Jack) Fagundo on data centers.

Quote by Joaquin (Jack) Fagundo, Parkland FL technology executive, on data center planning: Racks and square footage used to drive the budget. Now it starts with megawatts, interconnection dates and cooling.

Joaquin (Jack) Fagundo on data center planning.

Quote by Joaquin (Jack) Fagundo, Parkland FL technology executive, on the CIO playbook: Fund a phase, prove the return, then fund the next one.

Joaquin (Jack) Fagundo on the CIO playbook.

Quote by Joaquin (Jack) Fagundo, Parkland FL technology executive, on cloud and FinOps: Training gets the headlines. The recurring bill comes from running models every day.

Joaquin (Jack) Fagundo on cloud and FinOps.

Quote by Joaquin (Jack) Fagundo, Parkland FL technology executive, on infrastructure leadership: Know your constraints, secure capacity before you need it, and make every dollar prove itself.

Joaquin (Jack) Fagundo on infrastructure leadership.

Quote by Joaquin (Jack) Fagundo, Parkland FL technology executive, on South Florida: South Florida’s opportunity sits in inference, interconnection and low latency service to Latin America.

Joaquin (Jack) Fagundo on South Florida.

Quote by Joaquin (Jack) Fagundo, Parkland FL technology executive, on AI program planning: Plan for the middle of the range, and design every program so you can pause at the end of any phase.

Joaquin (Jack) Fagundo on AI program planning.

Quote by Joaquin (Jack) Fagundo, Parkland FL technology executive, on data center power: Every data center conversation I have now ends at the utility.

Joaquin (Jack) Fagundo on data center power.

About Joaquin (Jack) Fagundo

Joaquin “Jack” Fagundo leads JFagundo Consulting Services, advising organizations on infrastructure, data center, cloud and AI initiatives. He ran the data center portfolio supporting The Walt Disney Company, led data center work for Carnival Corporation, and holds the BICSI RCDD, PMP and Google Cloud Digital Leader credentials.

Connect with Jack on LinkedIn, read his newsletter on Substack, or watch more on YouTube.