A New Mission-Critical Platform to Optimize Digital Infrastructure
In an era defined by AI acceleration, cloud adoption and exponential compute demand, robust data center and digital infrastructure strategies are foundational to economic competitiveness. Whether supporting largescale campuses, enterprise IT environments, colocation platforms or other mission critical facilities such as healthcare campuses, emergency operations centers and financial trading hubs, resilient digital infrastructure underpins performance and continuity.
To advise owners early — from site selection through commissioning and lifecycle optimization —Kraus-Anderson (KA) has launched a dedicated Advisory Services – Missional Critical platform focused on data centers, complex IT environments and high–availability facilities. The platform provides owner’s representation, site strategy, infrastructure diligence, capacity planning and commercial preconstruction for capital-intensive, uptime-driven projects.
To lead KA’s new platform, the company has named Dan Peterson as Director of Advisory Services-Mission Critical.
Peterson brings more than 20 years of experience of working closely with owners, operators and investors across the full lifecycle of project development. He previously worked at Digital Realty, CBRE and Colliers with leadership experience in development and adaptive reuse projects. Peterson advised Fortune 500 companies on strategy and technology initiatives and led complex enterprise projects. He studied Communication Arts at the University of Minnesota and holds ITIL, data center and real estate credentials.
Mission critical is not a term used lightly.
Today’s facilities must deliver scalability, energy efficiency and security — all at industrial scale. Data centers power cloud platforms, AI workloads, healthcare systems and financial networks. Hospitals depend on uninterrupted digital systems for patient care. Public safety and emergency response facilities rely on hardened communications and redundant infrastructure. Without resilient power architecture, advanced cooling, carrier diversity and layered cybersecurity, even well-designed facilities cannot meet operational expectations.
“Mission critical reflects the responsibility to build infrastructure that supports economic resilience, sustainability and long-term performance,” said Peterson. “When properly designed, digital infrastructure enables owners to optimize capacity, manage risk and generate durable returns.”
From enterprise on-premise facilities to multi-tenant colocation environments, early advisory leadership aligns capital deployment with demand forecasting, utility strategy and risk mitigation. In markets where downtime can mean lost revenue, compromised safety or reputational damage, disciplined digital infrastructure planning is a strategic advantage.
“Combined with our mission-critical construction expertise, KA is now positioned to be a trusted resource through the entire digital transformation journey,” added Peterson.
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