# José Luis Gómez-Pardo

> CEO of NIXVAL, the leading carrier-neutral data center and Internet Exchange Point (IXP) in Eastern Spain, and one of Europe's leading voices on neutral interconnection. Works across the Europe–US transatlantic interconnection market.

José Luis Gómez-Pardo is a digital-infrastructure CEO with 20 years of experience across data centers, telecom, cloud and IXPs. He is an expert contributor to the European Commission on cloud, AI and data-center performance policy, and argues that regional neutral exchanges are becoming critical infrastructure for AI inference, network resilience and digital sovereignty.

## Key facts
- Role: CEO of NIXVAL (since 2023)
- NIXVAL: operating since 2008; 1.2 MW capacity; 40+ networks/ISPs on-net; ENS Alto certified; EN 50600 Class 4; one of eight IXPs in Spain and the only one outside Madrid and Barcelona; delivered a 2.5x capacity scale-up
- Policy: European Commission expert contributor (DG CNECT Cloud & AI 2025; DG Energy DC performance standards 2026); EPI DCOS committee member
- US ties: Spain-US Chamber USA Market Specialist; led the City of Houston digital-twin deployment; active in the US interconnection ecosystem
- Education: MIT (Leadership & Innovation); ESIC (MBA, best-thesis award); University of Central Lancashire (BSc Cyber Security & Networking, First Class Honours)
- Recognition: #1 LinkedIn creator in Spain for Cloud Computing & Data Centers; 40+ press appearances

## Pages
- Bio: https://www.gomezpardo.com/#bio
- Speaking: https://www.gomezpardo.com/#speaking
- Press: https://www.gomezpardo.com/#press
- Writing: https://www.gomezpardo.com/#writing
- Contact: https://www.gomezpardo.com/#contact

## Topics
neutral interconnection, Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), carrier-neutral data centers, peering, AI-ready edge infrastructure, digital sovereignty, transatlantic Europe–US interconnection