Hans Vestberg, Former Verizon Chairman and CEO, Joins Digipower X As Senior Advisor

Executive Summary

• Hans Vestberg, former Chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications, joins Digi Power X Inc. as a senior advisor on its Advisory Board to support the company’s AI‑infrastructure expansion strategy.
• Vestberg will advise on AI data‑center deployment, power optimization, edge‑compute architecture, strategic partnerships, and international site selection.
• The appointment is highlighted alongside the company’s existing 200 MW of operating power assets and a planned 1.5 GW additional capacity, including a 1.3‑GW letter of intent in West Virginia.

Key Details

• Advisor Appointment: Hans Vestberg named senior advisor; will serve on Digi Power X’s Advisory Board.
• Background: Former Verizon Chairman/CEO (2018‑2025); former Ericsson CEO (2010‑2016); board member of BlackRock and Verizon.
• Strategic Focus Areas:
• AI infrastructure deployment strategy & scaling frameworks
• Distributed and edge‑compute architectures for inference workloads
• Partnerships with hyperscalers, enterprises, and infrastructure stakeholders
• Power optimization and energy‑efficient data‑center design
• Tier‑3 redundancy and mission‑critical reliability standards
• International expansion strategy and site prioritization
• Company Power Assets: Operates a combined‑cycle power plant + three sites; >200 MW online.
• Growth Capacity: Secured development capacity for up to an additional 1.5 GW over the next three years.
• West Virginia LOI: Letter of intent for a 1.3‑GW power plant being evaluated as a long‑term AI data‑center site.
• Quotes:
• Michel Amar (CEO) – “Hans knows how to execute infrastructure transformation at a national and global scale… his guidance will be invaluable.”
• Hans Vestberg – “The next decade is about building the infrastructure that processes it… focus on power availability and deployment speed first, real estate second…”

Notable Quotes

• Michel Amar, Chairman & CEO: “Hans Vestberg built and scaled the physical infrastructure that helped enable the fiber, mobile, and 5G revolutions. He understands what most of the market overlooks: AI's bottleneck isn't algorithms or chips, it's power, cooling, and deployment speed.”
• Hans Vestberg: “The next decade is about building the infrastructure that processes it… Its focus on power availability and deployment speed first, real estate second, is exactly the right approach.”