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Vantage Data Centers Appoints Michael Stoner as Chief Development Officer

Jun 30, 2026 | By Startuprise io

Vantage Data Centers has promoted Michael Stoner to Chief Development Officer for North America. In his new role, he will lead the company's development strategy across the region, focusing on new data center campuses, and expanding power ready capacity to meet growing demand from cloud and AI customers.

Reporting to Dana Adams, President of North America, Stoner will oversee market development, site selection, energy procurement, campus planning, and preconstruction to support Vantage's long-term growth and customer needs.

Stoner has played a key role in Vantage Data Centers' growth since joining the company as a consultant in 2014. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President of Market Development for North America, where he led market strategy, site selection, new campus development, and preconstruction.

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He has more than 35 years of experience in data center development, real estate, and infrastructure projects. Before joining Vantage, he founded Lake Street Ventures, a real estate development company, and held leadership positions overseeing retail, residential, office, and hospitality developments.

“Vantage has built a differentiated platform by combining speed, discipline and a relentless focus on customer success,” said Stoner. “I’m proud of what our team has accomplished and excited to help lead the next phase of development across North America as we expand capacity, strengthen our energy strategy and continue delivering for our customers.”

“Michael has played a central role in shaping Vantage’s North American development platform over the past decade,” said Adams. “His ability to connect customer demand, land strategy, power availability and execution discipline is unmatched as we continue scaling to support the next generation of cloud and AI workloads.”

About Vantage Data Centers

Founded in 2010, Vantage Data Centers is a global provider of digital infrastructure for AI and cloud companies. The company operates across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, delivering data center capacity to support business growth. Vantage focuses on reliable operations, and customer success while helping technology companies expand worldwide.

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