America runs on data. If we don’t build the infrastructure, China will

Most Americans don't think much about digital infrastructure because, for the most part, it is always there. We carry supercomputers in our pockets and expect instant access to our bank accounts, medical records, airline schedules, businesses, families and virtually any piece of information we need. We have become so accustomed to that availability that it is easy to forget there is an enormous physical infrastructure behind it.

Both of us learned the value of information long before we entered the critical infrastructure industry.