{"id":29482,"date":"2026-07-21T14:08:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datacentrecongress.com\/europe\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=29482"},"modified":"2026-07-21T14:08:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:08:18","slug":"prokopis-mavridis","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/datacentrecongress.com\/europe\/speaker\/prokopis-mavridis\/","title":{"rendered":"Prokopis Mavridis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prokopis Mavridis is a Principal Datacenter Architect at Microsoft Cloud Operations + Innovation, where he designs the resilient, scalable and energy-efficient buildings that power AI and cloud services across EMEA. 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