Ep. 174 Dr. Atif Ansar, Executive Chairman & Co-Founder of Foresight Works | Data Center Go-to-Market Podcast

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Subscribe to the Data Center Sales and Marketing Newsletter (DCSMI) In episode 174 of the Data Center Go-to-Market Podcast, Joshua Feinberg and Dr. Atif Ansar explore why so many data center mega projects miss their timelines, budgets, and revenue targets; and how much of that failure is actually predictable and preventable. You’ll hear how optimism and political bias distort forecasts, why data centers should be treated like multi‑billion‑dollar industrial assets (not simple warehouses), what “cognitive maturity” looks like in project leaders, and how rising rack densities from 2.5 kW to 133 kW reshape strategy ️ They also connect private equity’s growing role, AI training data centers, and outcome-focused GTM motions that favor education, trust, and meaningful conversations over spammy activity Ep. 174 Dr. Atif Ansar, Executive Chairman & Co-Founder of Foresight | Data Center Go-to-Market Podcast 0:00 Coming up In this episode of the Data Center Go-to-Market Podcast 1:07 Introducing Dr.