Equinix has long been in the cloud game. Most public clouds have at least some presence in their data centers or using their global network backbone. I do believe this is their first venture into direct to consumer cloud sales assuming they retain Packet's business model.
Opinion coming from someone who studied Agribusiness but works in high technology.
Farmwise.io is doing some really excellent work. We have a big problem these days with getting low cost labor in California that our Ag producers have traditionally relied on. I also find the team at planet.com to be doing incredibly valuable work that has some really profound and broad applications for agriculture.
It can only be as accurate as the employees reporting to you. Trust in your subordinates to collect and synthesize the right information that will produce the desired results. This strategy relies on the leader being transparent with their team around company and org goals, short comings, etc so they can properly report and frame data.