Digital infrastructure specialist and DataOne advisor joins as the company scales its AI Factory platform worldwide.
NEW YORK, Wednesday 7th October 2026 — DataOne, has announced the appointment of Robert Shuffield as Chief Financial Officer. Based in New York City, Shuffield will lead DataOne’s global Finance organization as the company enters its next phase of expansion. He will work closely with the executive team and with the business and operational teams across the United States and France.
Shuffield has spent his career as an advisor to high-growth digital infrastructure companies and their investors, with expertise spanning investment banking, capital markets and equity research. He joins DataOne from Rothschild & Co, where he was most recently a Director in the Digital Infrastructure and Telecom team advising data center, tower and other digital infrastructure companies on mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and equity and debt financings. Earlier in his career, he covered the telecom and digital infrastructure sector at New Street Research. He has worked with DataOne and its leadership as an advisor on multiple projects in recent years giving him a deep familiarity with the company’s assets, growth plans and culture.
“DataOne is building AI infrastructure at a pace and scale few companies can match. Sustaining that growth demands a finance leader who understands the opportunity and the speed necessary to capture it,” said Charles-Antoine Beyney, CEO of DataOne. “Robert has spent much of his career financing the datacenters, towers and fiber networks that power the digital economy. He already knows our company and shares our ambitions. His arrival strengthens our ability to fund our expansion and accelerate delivery on our commitments in the United States and Europe.”
“Meeting the demand for AI compute is what DataOne has been built to do.” said Robert Shuffield, Chief Financial Officer of DataOne. “Having worked alongside the team as an advisor, I’ve seen what DataOne has: well-located sites, the ability to bring them online quickly and a focus on sustainability. I know how ambitious its plans are, and I’m excited to build a finance organization designed for scale and to secure the capital that will power DataOne’s next stage of growth” He adds.
As CFO, Shuffield will lead DataOne’s financial strategy, capital formation and financial operations as the company grows its portfolio internationally. DataOne currently operates active sites in New Jersey, and in the Grenoble and Lyon regions of France.
About DataOne
DataOne designs, builds and operates sustainable AI infrastructure known as “AI Factories.”