TierPoint, a nationwide enterprise data center and cloud solutions provider and a platform company of Argo Infrastructure Partners, has appointed Craig Cowden as its next CEO following an executive search process announced in March.
Cowden will succeed founding CEO Jerry Kent in January 2027, who will then assume the new role of executive chairman of TierPoint’s board.
A 30-year veteran of the telecommunications and technology industries, Cowden most recently served as chief technology and product officer at Metronet, the nation’s largest pure-play fiber broadband provider. Earlier in his career at Charter Communications, Cowden led the architectural design and engineering implementation behind the launch of Spectrum Mobile. Previous roles included technology and commercial sales executive positions at Bright House Networks and Sprint.
“We commend Jerry for building TierPoint over the past 16 years into the leading nationwide data center operator that it i
