Vantage Data Centers appoints Alicia Ruckteschler as chief procurement officer

Ruckteschler joins the Denver-headquartered operator with more than 20 years of procurement and supply chain experience across large-scale data centre and technology environments. She will lead Vantage’s global procurement function, overseeing end-to-end sourcing strategy, supplier partnerships and operational execution. Based in Denver, she will report to Jeff Tench, global executive vice president.

The appointment comes as Vantage continues expanding its hyperscale campus footprint across North America, EMEA and Asia-Pacific. Procurement has become an increasingly strategic function for operators navigating constrained supply chains, rising power demand and compressed build timelines.

In her new role, Ruckteschler will embed procurement across the full data centre project lifecycle, working alongside technical teams and external vendors to align sourcing with design, construction and long-term operational requirements. Vantage said her remit includes advancing a globally coordinated procurement model to strengthen supplier relationships and improve resilience as the company scales.

Ruckteschler most recently served as senior vice president and chief procurement officer at Equinix, where she led a global team of more than 140 professionals overseeing procurement across a portfolio of 275 data centres in 75 markets. Her responsibilities spanned capital equipment, power procurement, network infrastructure, software and construction services, with a focus on cost optimisation, operational resilience and sustainability.

In 2024, she also advised the bipartisan US House AI Task Force on data centre infrastructure, energy and supply chain considerations linked to artificial intelligence deployment.

Earlier in her career, she led infrastructure commodity management at Google, supporting global data centre sourcing and deployment strategies.

“Alicia brings an exceptional combination of strategic vision, operational rigor and deep hyperscale infrastructure experience to the Vantage leadership team,” said Tench. “Her ability to optimise global procurement organisations, strengthen supplier ecosystems, optimise costs and execute rapid growth will be critical as Vantage continues expanding our platform to meet unprecedented AI and hyperscale demand.”

“I’m excited to join Vantage at a moment of significant growth for the company and the industry,” said Ruckteschler. “Vantage’s focus on disciplined execution, collaboration and long-term value creation strongly aligns with my approach to strategic procurement. I look forward to partnering across the organisation to build and optimise scalable procurement and sourcing capabilities that support our customers and enable sustainable global growth.”

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