Christopher Markstein

Strategic Industries Manager / Inductive Automation

Christopher Markstein is the Data Center Market Lead at Inductive Automation, with over 20 years of experience in data center, energy, and critical infrastructure automation and optimization.

Featured In: Technically Speaking

Data Center Energy Management: Why the AI Factory Requires Industrial Control Solutions

If we are indeed building factories for AI now, we must manage them as such. We need to embrace the concept of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) for data centers.

by Christopher Markstein, Inductive Automation - April 29, 2026

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Data Centers , Energy Management , BMS , EPMS , SCADA , IIoT , Ignition , Unified Namespace , MQTT , Digital Transformation , DCIM

Featured In: Technically Speaking

Why Software is Key to Data Center Energy Management, Performance and Resilience

Advanced software solutions, like those built in the Ignition platform from Inductive Automation, can provide a crucial means to navigating electrical grid challenges.

by Christopher Markstein, Inductive Automation - April 02, 2025

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Data Centers , Ignition , Ignition Exchange