Core Scientific names Jay Elms as chief commercial officer

Core Scientific, Inc. (Nasdaq: CORZ) has appointed Jay Elms as Chief Commercial Officer, according to a company press release. Elms will be responsible for growing customer relationships and overseeing the customer experience from initial engagement through deployment.

Elms brings more than two decades of sales and commercial leadership experience in the data center industry. He most recently served as Senior Vice President of Global Sales at CyrusOne. Before that, he spent nearly seven years as Vice President of Global Sales at NTT Global Data Centers Americas, where he led commercial engagements with hyperscale and wholesale customers. Earlier roles included sales leadership positions at View, Schneider Electric, and Siemens.

Elms holds an MBA in Finance from the SMU Cox School of Business and a bachelor's degree in construction science from Texas A&M University.

"Jay joins Core Scientific at an important moment as we enter our next phase of growth," said Adam Sullivan, Chief Executive Officer of Core Scientific. "His deep customer relationship experience in the data center industry will be instrumental in ensuring the success of our existing customers while aligning our commercial strategy with our site selection, development and construction capabilities."

Core Scientific operates large-scale data centers for high-density colocation services, with facilities located across Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Texas.

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