Data Center Specialist · Midwest
ZEKE
META
Data Center Cooling & Infrastructure

Class 1 Licensed Stationary Engineer with 38 years in critical plant operations. I design, commission, and optimize chilled water systems, electrical infrastructure, and building automation for mission-critical facilities.

38
Years Experience
24/7
Critical Systems
10+
Engineers Led
Zekemeta — Data Center Cooling Specialist
Class 1
Licensed Engineer
Background

Engineering at
the critical edge.

I've spent my career keeping mission-critical systems running when failure isn't an option. Since 1988 at a major Level 1 medical facility, I've maintained round-the-clock plant operations for a 24/7 critical-care environment — the same demands data centers face every day.

As team lead for a 10-engineer crew, I manage every system from chilled water loops and VFDs to BAS/BMS controls and high-voltage electrical. I understand how cooling, power, and automation interact at the infrastructure level.

Now I'm bringing that expertise to data centers and colocation facilities — helping operators optimize cooling efficiency, commission new infrastructure, and build the automation systems that keep PUE in check.

Chilled Water Systems
Variable Frequency Drives
BAS / BMS Controls
HMI Programming
Electrical Systems
Plant Operations
Commissioning
Preventive Maintenance
Team Leadership
Critical Environments
Work With Me

How I can help
your operation.

Whether you're commissioning new infrastructure, troubleshooting a cooling problem, or modernizing your building automation — I bring 38 years of hands-on critical systems experience to the table.

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Electrical Systems Review
High-voltage and low-voltage infrastructure assessment, switchgear evaluation, load balancing, and reliability audit for mission-critical power distribution.
Contact for project pricing
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BAS / Automation Consulting
Building automation system design, HMI integration, and control logic for HVAC, cooling, and power systems. Reduce manual intervention and improve monitoring coverage.
Contact for project pricing
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Commissioning Support
On-site or remote support for new facility commissioning, system startup, and operational validation. Ensure your systems perform to spec before go-live.
Contact for project pricing
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Strategy Call
30-minute focused consultation on a specific cooling, electrical, or automation challenge. Practical advice from someone who's kept 24/7 systems alive for nearly four decades.
$75 / 30 min
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Tech & Automation Setup
ZekeBot automated posting, DePIN node setup, AI-powered signal feeds. Building the same automation mindset in your digital stack that I apply to physical infrastructure.
From $100

Ready to get started? Book a call or reach out directly on X.

☕ Book a Strategy Call — $75 DM on X @Zekemeta
Credentials

The license and
the experience behind it.

38 years in a 24/7 critical-care plant means I've seen every failure mode, managed every emergency, and built every preventive maintenance protocol from the ground up.

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Class 1 Stationary Engineer
Licensed by the State of Missouri. The highest-level operating engineer license for large commercial and industrial plant operations — boilers, chillers, HVAC, and pressure systems.
State of Missouri · Licensed
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Level 1 Critical Facility
Lead Engineer since 1988. Managing a team of 10 engineers in a major Level 1 critical facility — 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Zero tolerance for downtime.
Midwest · Since 1988
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Chilled Water & HVAC
Design, operation, and optimization of large-scale chilled water systems. VFD commissioning, cooling tower maintenance, and thermal efficiency analysis for critical facilities.
38 Years Hands-On
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BAS / BMS / HMI
Building automation and management system integration. HMI design and configuration. Remote monitoring, alarm management, and automated control logic for large facilities.
Controls · Automation · Monitoring
Career Timeline
1988
Joined a major Level 1 critical facility as plant engineer. Began operating mission-critical infrastructure — the foundation of everything that followed.
~2000
Promoted to Team Lead. Managing a crew of 10 engineers, overseeing 24/7 operations, preventive maintenance programs, and capital improvement projects.
Now
Expanding to data center consulting. Bringing 38 years of critical systems expertise to the fastest-growing infrastructure sector in the country.
Off Hours

When the plant
is running smooth.

Outside the day job, I run crypto and DePIN nodes, publish a signal feed, and stay deep in the Doginal Dogs ecosystem. Same builder mindset, different stack.

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Doginal Dogs
Long on the Doginals ecosystem. Ordinal inscriptions on Dogecoin — early, illiquid, and underappreciated. Exactly how I like it.
Follow on X →
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Signal Feed
AI-curated news digest pulling Reuters, CoinDesk, and macro feeds — summarized by Claude and updated live. Built and hosted on zekemeta.com.
Open Signal Feed →
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DePIN Nodes
Running Wingbits, Helium, and other decentralized physical infrastructure nodes. If it earns passive yield and requires hardware, I'm interested.
Talk shop on X →

Let's build
something solid.

Have a data center cooling challenge, a systems project, or just want to talk shop? Reach out on X or book a call. I respond to everyone.