Marketing Journo Requests

AI Data Center Engineers in Las Vegas - Yotta Interviews

🔥 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝘁 𝗔𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗜 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁. After kicking this off at DCAC, I brought the microphone with me to Santa Clara for AI Infra Summit and once again, the best part was getting away from the presentations and having conversations directly with people working on the problems behind AI infrastructure. This time I had the opportunity to sit down with Mick Posner and Nauman Rafique for two very different perspectives on where the industry is today and where it's headed. 🎙️ Mick Posner Mick and I got into the realities behind building and scaling AI infrastructure, what he's seeing in the market, and some of the challenges that come with trying to keep pace with an industry moving this quickly. 🎙️ Nauman Rafique Nauman brought another perspective to the conversation; digging into the technology, infrastructure and challenges involved in supporting the next generation of AI. That's one of the things I'm enjoying most about doing The Hot Aisle. Put a microphone in front of two people working in different parts of this industry and you'll rarely get the same answer. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴. AI infrastructure isn't one problem. It's compute, power, cooling, networking, construction, operations, people and a whole lot more — all having to come together. The more conversations I have, the more apparent it becomes that there isn't one company, technology or idea that's going to solve all of this. But there are a lot of smart people working on different pieces of the puzzle. No marketing slides. No whitepapers. Just honest conversations. A huge thank you to Mick Posner and Nauman Rafique for grabbing the microphone and being willing to have the conversation. And The Hot Aisle isn't getting packed away quite yet... 🔥 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽: 𝗬𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝘀 𝗩𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸. I'll have the microphone with me again, and I'm looking for the next group of people willing to talk about what they're actually seeing across the data center and AI infrastructure industry. 𝗚𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗮? 𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁. And if there's someone there you think I absolutely need to put on The Hot Aisle, tag them below. #TheHotAisle #AIInfraSummit #AIInfra #AIInfrastructure #AIDataCenter #AIDataCenters #DataCenters #DataCenter #DigitalInfrastructure #CriticalInfrastructure #Compute #AIHardware #AINetworking #ArtificialIntelligence #Yotta #Yotta2026 #YottaVegas

Unemployed & Underemployed Professionals - 2026 Jobseeking & Recruiters

I'm looking to speak to unemployed/underemployed white-collar jobseekers (like me, unfortunately!) for a Guardian Australia piece on jobseeking in 2026. If you or anyone you know is interested in speaking about the topic (hyper-competitive applications, AI tools in applications/screening, experience with recruiters and hiring managers), let me know. Preferably outside the marketing/comms sector as that's being covered so far. Reposts appreciated!

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Firms & Marketing Agencies - Advertising To AI Agents Priority

For a story, I’m looking to speak to firms & marketing agencies who are thinking hard about how to advertise their products *to* AI agents. I'm curious how much this occupies brands/advertisers, and whether addressing it is a priority. If that’s you, please get in touch!

Real Estate Developers & Project Marketers - Branding That Scales

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been looking at marketing from two very different ends of the purchase spectrum. On one side:real estate and real estate development, where I’ve spent roughly 25 years working across sales, land, feasibility, project marketing and building. On the other: a tub of ice cream. The distance between those two products is enormous. The questions underneath them are surprisingly useful to compare. How does a buyer remember you in a noisy market? Which parts of the media around a product should actually survive the campaign? What should a company own, what should remain recognizable, and how does story create continuity when the product, project or market changes? My first three articles looked at content abundance, brand beyond the product itself, and the common visual grammar that now runs through so much digital media. The next three bring those questions back into the industry where I learned to think about scale in the first place: Real Estate Development. The first is now live: IF IT DOESN’T SCALE, IT WON’T SAIL Development, ownership and the media used to sell physical assets. The recent Dr. Bombay / Deel international taste-tester search became one live commercial application inside that broader study. I used the application to see what happened when original music, recurring characters, illustration, short-form media and cultural localization were carried across a completely different product category. I’m continuing to study that work because there is still a lot to learn from the people and brands operating at a high level across food, entertainment, consumer products and social media. If I’m selected, I’d be genuinely interested in seeing that side of the business from the inside. My professional centre of gravity remains real estate and development. What interests me now is the crossover: How do developers build recognizable identity around projects that may take years to deliver? How do consumer brands create memory across products that may be purchased again tomorrow? How does story create emotional connection? And in 2026, what media is actually worth owning? I’d particularly like to hear from developers, project marketers, brand operators and people working across physical products and places. Article is live below. @Deel @Dr. Bombay @Snoop Dogg #SNOOPISHIRING #RealEstateDevelopment #RealEstateMarketing #ProjectMarketing #PropertyDevelopment #BrandStrategy #Storytelling #MarketingStrategy #MediaStrategy #BrandBuilding #RealEstate

Brokerage Listing Managers - Content Consistency Bottlenecks & Fixes

Reporting on how brokerages and marketing agencies keep listing content consistent across dozens (or hundreds) of properties. I'd like to hear where the process slows down and what you've done about it. DMs open or email [email redacted] #journorequest #RealEstate

[url=https://substack.com/app-link/post]Looking for a potential story of non-AI technology in real estate[/url] It’s for GlobeSt.com. I’m looking for someone available 9/21/2026 to discuss technology in U.S. commercial real estate. No AI or drones. Probably not marketing-related. I’m open to other ideas and would need to do an interview between 10am-1pm or 5pm-7pm. This could potentially with someone from a vendor, but it can’t be a sales pitch. There has to be a larger context. Please send enough info so I can get a sense of what the conversation might be. There should be an available headshot, 800x800 pixels minimum. Another possibility would be a good CRE technology study, though again not AI. Please reply to [email redacted] rather than replying directly to this email.