Mitch Clifton is a Senior Designer specialising in critical infrastructure and services integration at Woods Bagot, in the greater Sydney area. A data centre specialist, Mitch has years of experience with both hyperscale and co-location retail data centre clients, as well as global tech data centre providers. As a leader within the rapidly developing sector, he possesses a comprehensive understanding of the latest technologies, infrastructure requirements, and best practices. Mitch has led the design, documentation, and stakeholder coordination for multiple data centre projects. Demonstrating extensive typology knowledge, he ensures that designs meet client, budget and regulatory requirements. On top of this experience, Mitch has previously been seconded by a global cloud provider to assist as a client side architectural ‘subject matter expert’ for their APAC data centre lease and development sites through the design and construction phases.