# Greg Davidson

> Greg Davidson is the Auckland-based Group Chief Executive Officer of Datacom. He joined the company in 1997 after an early career at Terrabyte Interactive, led its New Zealand business from 2007, added Australian systems responsibilities in 2016 and became group CEO in 2018. His public work centres on customer needs, technical capability and the engineering and infrastructure required to put AI into reliable use.

- **Role:** Group Chief Executive Officer at Datacom
- **Organizations:** Datacom, Terrabyte Interactive
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, majoring in Computer Science, University of Canterbury, Victoria University of Wellington
- **Known for:** Advanced from internet services general manager to group CEO within Datacom., Led trans-Tasman systems alignment and a 2018 restructuring that combined Systems and Solutions., Sponsored Datacom’s work to refine its values and behaviours, with weekly involvement documented by Q5.

## Career timeline

- **1990** — Began IT career with Terrabyte Interactive.
- **1997** — Joined Datacom as general manager of internet services.
- **2000** — Took responsibility for Datacom’s Auckland software development business.
- **2001** — Added the Wellington team and Director/CEO responsibilities for systems and integration.
- **2007** — Became CEO of Datacom’s New Zealand business.
- **2016** — Added responsibility for Datacom Systems Australia in June.
- **2018** — Became Group CEO of Datacom.
- **2026** — Delivered the Building the foundations for New Zealand’s AI future keynote at the Aotearoa AI Summit on 8 September.

## Achievements

- Advanced from internet services general manager to group CEO within Datacom.
- Led trans-Tasman systems alignment and a 2018 restructuring that combined Systems and Solutions.
- Sponsored Datacom’s work to refine its values and behaviours, with weekly involvement documented by Q5.
- Led Datacom during expansion of its New Zealand data centre network to five facilities in 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Delivered a keynote at Tākina, Wellington, on 8 September about AI evaluation, infrastructure, resilience and New Zealand’s role in the AI economy.
- **2026-07** — Published an argument for strong AI infrastructure foundations, describing Datacom’s five New Zealand data centres and direct investment above NZ$200 million.

## Links

- Website: https://datacom.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-davidson-a61b13144

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Last updated: 2026-10-07