Zach Pena

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1,635 appearances 8 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 28 Jul

Zach Pena’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 8 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 2.

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The Watchtower - Mission Critical and Data Center Perspectives · Beyond Five Nines: Navigating the Evolution of Redundancy in Data Center Design · 26 Mar 2026 podcast

And I'm not saying you got to keep spending tons of money on physical redundancy. voice-verified

I'm not saying that we got to swing the pendulum all the way back, but I think we've done a really interesting move of swinging the pendulum all the way to the super, super skinny side. voice-verified

And I just don't think it's going to scale. voice-verified

And we're going to see some migration back to the middle. voice-verified

And that's where I think this big, we'll call it bullwhip that may or may not be coming in the supply chain is actually going to get lessened or be less impactful because I think people will start seeing the risk as it truly is. voice-verified

and come back towards the middle of this. voice-verified

The Watchtower - Mission Critical and Data Center Perspectives · Surviving Success: Why Mishandling Growth Kills Businesses Despite Massive Demand · 25 Feb 2026 podcast

Hey everybody, welcome to another episode of The Watchtower by Empirics Partners, a strategic sourcing and procurement advisory specifically designed for the mission-critical space. voice-verified

I'm Zach Pena, CEO here at Empirics, and I'm joined by my Chief of Staff, Ethan Summers. voice-verified

We focus on conversations on the data center industry, providing perspectives and insights into what's changing and the mindsets required for long-term success at scale. voice-verified

Let's get into it. voice-verified

Yeah, it should be pretty interesting and applicable to almost anybody listening. voice-verified

I mean, the first thing is that people don't understand that voice-verified

everything starts with a beginning point that people are comfortable with. voice-verified

And a business will start in a way that the founders are like, yeah, that makes sense, or we have a passion for this, or whatever. voice-verified

And then that idea, that passion, that setup, voice-verified

evolves. voice-verified

And if it evolves properly, you see growth. voice-verified

If it doesn't evolve properly, you either see stunted growth or you see failure. voice-verified

And when it does actually produce growth, that's when that great idea, that great function, that great thing either last five days, 10 days, a year, but eventually it breaks because it was based off a premise that no longer exists. voice-verified

And I think that's where a lot of people, if they're not proactive of understanding what's around the corner from how their business is interacting with the market or how the market's interacting with their business, and they don't see that breaking point of those cracks because they're so distracted by the success, that's when this can get real fun real fast. voice-verified

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