# Ep. 174 Dr. Atif Ansar, Executive Chairman & Co-Founder of Foresight Works | Data Center Go-to-Market Podcast

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Published: 2026-02-10T11:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

https://www.dcsmi.com/newsletter Subscribe to the Data Center Sales and Marketing Newsletter (DCSMI) In episode 174 of the Data Center Go-to-Market Podcast, Joshua Feinberg and Dr. Atif Ansar explore why so many data center mega projects miss their timelines, budgets, and revenue targets; and how much of that failure is actually predictable and preventable. 🚦 You’ll hear how optimism and political bias distort forecasts, why data centers should be treated like multi‑billion‑dollar industrial assets (not simple warehouses), what “cognitive maturity” looks like in project leaders, and how rising rack densities from 2.5 kW to 133 kW reshape strategy ⚙️ They also connect private equity’s growing role, AI training data centers, and outcome-focused GTM motions that favor education, trust, and meaningful conversations over spammy activity 📊 Ep. 174 Dr. Atif Ansar, Executive Chairman & Co-Founder of Foresight | Data Center Go-to-Market Podcast 0:00 Coming up In this episode of the Data Center Go-to-Market Podcast 1:07 Introducing Dr. Atif Ansar, Executive Chairman & Co-Founder at Foresight Works (and Fellow at Oxford Saïd Business School) 1:34 Data Center Go-to-Market Overconfidence and Megaprojects Learnings 2:12 Data Center Megaprojects: Early Warning Signs and Why GTM Strategy Needs an Update 4:29 Optimism Bias vs. Political Bias in Data Center Megaprojects 6:32 Why Smart Data Center Professionals Repeat Bad Forecasts 8:18 How Often Large Data Center Projects Actually Hit Targets and Cognitive Maturity 13:42 Survivorship Bias and False Data Center Industry Success Narratives 15:59 Community Impact of Data Center Development and GTM Education Marketing 18:20 Data Center Development Failure (and GTM Failure) Aren’t Random. They’re Patterned and Predictable. 18:53 Data…

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