KDC Expands Data Center Development Platform With Appointment of Robert Child as Executive Vice President

By Vincent Lee Smith

Robert Child, Executive Vice President, KDC • Photo Credit: KDC

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DALLAS, February 9, 2026 (BUSINESS WATCH GLOBAL) — Real estate development and investment company KDC, which specializes in build-to-suit corporate, industrial, and data center facilities, has announced the expansion of its national data center development platform with the appointment of Robert Child as Executive Vice President of Data Center Development.

Child will lead and scale the firm’s data center platform nationwide, overseeing strategy, site development, capital alignment, and delivery of mission-critical facilities.

“KDC already has a strong foundation in build-to-suit data center development, and Rob’s experience positions us to meaningfully expand the platform. Demand driven by artificial intelligence and cloud computing continues to accelerate. Rob brings deep industry knowledge and strategic relationships that align with KDC’s long-term growth objectives,” said Eric Hage, President of KDC.

Child has more than 15 years of experience delivering build-to-suit projects and data center solutions for enterprise and hyperscale clients worldwide. Prior to joining KDC, he held leadership roles at CyrusOne, where he led global enterprise accounts through capacity planning and digital transformation programs. Earlier in his career, Child managed business development for Structure Tone’s Mission Critical group in New York, where he worked on ground-up data center and technology facilities for hyperscale and enterprise clients.

Child has a Master of Science in Construction Administration from Columbia University.

Since 1990, KDC has delivered build-to-suit facilities for corporate and institutional clients including JPMorgan Chase, Toyota, and Wells Fargo. The company has partnered with Digital Realty Trust and State Farm on multiple data center projects in the United States, and that its current pipeline includes projects in Texas, Georgia, and North Carolina.

“Our vision is to add to KDC’s best-in-class data center development platform by leveraging existing strengths, capital, flexibility, development expertise, and certainty of execution. We look forward to meeting the needs of enterprise users and operators nationwide,” said Child.

For more information, visit www.kdc.com.

Source: KDC