Keel jumps 10% after former bitcoin miner hires data center veteran as president

<p>Shares of the Nasdaq-listed Keel Infrastructure (KEEL) climbed 10% in the first hour of trading on Monday after the former bitcoin miner turned AI infrastructure company appointed former Digital Realty executive Ganesh Aiyer as president to lead its next phase of growth.</p>

<p>Aiyer most recently served as chief business officer at Digital Realty, one of the world's largest data center real estate investment trusts, where he led commercial strategy and business center operations across hyperscale, cloud and enterprise customers.

He also previously held senior leadership positions at Schneider Electric and Dell Technologies, according to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ganeshaiyer/details/experience/">his LinkedIn profile</a>.</p>

<p>According to a Monday <a href="https://ir.keelinfra.com/news-releases/news-release-details/keel-infrastructure-appoints-ganesh-aiyer-president">release</a>, Aiyer will oversee the company's "commercial and pipeline expansion activities."</p>

<p>"Ganesh has a strong track record of execution and understands how to build go-to-market strategies around differentiated products," CEO Ben Gagnon said in a statement.