Former financial leader at Radius Global Infrastructure and Crown Castle will steer finance strategy to meet next stage of enterprise, cloud and AI infrastructure demand

DALLAS, Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — DataBank, a leading provider of enterprise-class colocation, interconnection, and managed services, announced today that Ben Lowe has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Lowe will lead all of DataBank’s finance, accounting, treasury, and capital markets functions and will report to DataBank’s President and current CFO, Kevin Ooley, who will be transitioning to CEO on January 1, 2027. DataBank’s current CEO, Raul Martynek, will become Executive Chairman of the Board on January 1, 2027.

Lowe joins DataBank as the company embarks on its next phase of evolution, continuing to provide highly compliant, mission-critical, colocation services to 2,500+ enterprise customers while capitalizing on the rapid growth in digital infrastructure driven by AI and hyperscale cloud demand.  He brings to DataBank a deep reservoir of experience scaling financial operations and capital structures in both public and private equity-backed organizations as well as insight and perspective across the digital infrastructure ecosystem from data centers to wireless networks.  

“Ben possesses a mix of industry knowledge, financial acumen, and capital markets experience that will be incredibly valuable for DataBank as we enter this next chapter,” said Kevin Ooley, DataBank’s President and acting CFO. “His proven ability to access both public and private markets and his track-record of synthesizing capital with strategy will be critical as we navigate this next phase of evolution.”

Most recently, Lowe served as Chief Financial Officer at Radius Global Infrastructure, a portfolio company of EQT Active Core Infrastructure and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board that specializes in the strategic acquisition and management of critical telecommunication infrastructure including cell site leases, network switches/exchanges, fiber aggregation points, Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS), data centers, and towers.  Prior to that, Lowe served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance and Treasurer at Crown Castle, an owner and operator of approximately 40,000 wireless towers across the U.S.

“DataBank’s U.S. data center infrastructure footprint is unparalleled, and the company has a rich history of building long-term relationships with customers and capital markets alike,” said Lowe. “This is an incredible platform and track-record upon which to chart the next era of growth and I’m incredibly excited to be joining at such a monumental time.“

“I’m delighted to have Ben joining our leadership team,” added Raul Martynek, DataBank’s CEO. “He and Kevin are the right leaders to champion DataBank’s next phase of growth and continue our heritage of financial strength and performance. I look forward to supporting them in 2027 in my new role as Executive Chairman of the board.”

About DataBank

DataBank helps the world’s largest enterprises, technology, and content providers ensure their data and applications are always on, always secure, always compliant, and ready to scale to meet the needs of the artificial intelligence era.

Recognized by Deloitte in 2023 and 2024, and Inc. 5000 in 2024 as one of the fastest-growing private US companies, DataBank’s edge colocation and infrastructure footprint consists of 70+ “HPC-ready” data centers in 25+ markets, 20 interconnection hubs, and on-ramps to an ecosystem of cloud providers with virtually unlimited reach.

We combine these platforms with contract portability, managed security, compliance enablement, hands-on support, and a guarantee of 100% uptime availability, to give our customers absolute confidence in their IT infrastructure and the power to create a boundless digital future for their business.

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