Originally posted on Data Center POST.
In the latest episode of Let’s Get Digital, host Carrie Charles, CEO of tech staffing firm Broadstaff, sits down with Philbert Shih, founder and managing director of Structure Research, to talk about the state of digital infrastructure and why specialization matters. Phil shares how he left a comfortable role to build a focused research firm in 2011, choosing depth over size and covering one thing very well, compute-oriented infrastructure. His team tracks data centers, managed services, cloud, and the growing world of AI, publishing market intelligence that executives use to make decisions.
Structure Research positions itself between Wall Street views and deeply technical analysis. The firm does not try to cover every sector. It follows operators, visits sites, gathers primary data, and refines its numbers over time. That approach has also made the team a trusted subject matter partner on large transactions, including marquee deals in the Asia Pacific. Phil is clear that Structure Research is a research company first, and it takes pride in building its market share data from the ground up.
The conversation turns to infra/STRUCTURE, Structure Research’s 6th annual executive summit returning to Las Vegas on October 15 and 16, 2025. Phil describes the event as independent, content-led, and intentionally small. It draws senior operators, investors, and suppliers for practical discussions about the market. This year’s theme is Concurrence, a single word that reflects many moving parts at once: growth from cloud, new demand from AI, tight power supplies, shifting regulation, and fresh capital. The goal is not an expo floor. It is a forum where people who build and fund this industry can compare notes and challenge assumptions.
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