DATA CENTERS DENMARK
CONFERENCE & Exhibition
15 May 2025 // The Hangar, Copenhagen
AGENDA
08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Opening & registration
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Registration, breakfast coffee, exhibition, networking & 1-1 meetings
Time:
08:00 AM – 09:00 AM
Welcome and launch of Danish Data Center Industry Market 2025 – Trends, Investment Analysis and Growth Opportunities
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Welcome and launch of Danish Data Center Industry Market 2025 – Trends, Investment Analysis and Growth Opportunities
by Henrik Hansen, CEO, Danish Data Center Industry
Time: 08:50 AM – 09:05 AM
Place: Stage 1
Keynote: From dream to reality – Danish Super Computer GEFION has changed the landscape of AI deployment – what are the first results and what are the perspectives for AI and supercomputing in Denmark and the Nordics?
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by Ali Syed, Senior Vice President of Infrastructure, Danish Center for AI Innovation (DCAI)
Time: 09:05 AM – 09:25 AM
Place: Stage 1
Keynote: IT meets OT - Accelerating digital transformation at industrial scale
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by Sune Tornbo Baastrup, EVP, CIO, Danfoss
Time: 09:25 AM – 09:45 AM
Place: Stage 1
Plenary Panel: AI is here – how can enterprises update their technology stack to support AI rollouts at scale?
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Organisations cannot scale their cloud and AI solutions without reshaping their technology function to enable this massive shift towards artificial intelligence. Taking an “AI everywhere” approach to revisiting the technology stack is a critical first step. How can IT leaders implement a sustainable AI strategy and how will demand be met?
This panel will focus on the following:
- AI readiness: How are Danish organisations embracing AI applications?
- AI in the cloud, on-prem or both?
- How ready are we in Denmark to meet the needs of AI? Infrastructure vs. policy vs. culture
- How can we tackle AI’s environmental footprint?
Moderator: Mai Zeilund, Business Journalist and Communication Advisor
Panel:
- Mette Louise Kaagaard, General Manager/CEO, Microsoft, Denmark and Iceland
- Bo Svejstrup, Partner Financial Services, PwC and Former CTO, Danske Bank
- Peter Harden, Country Manager, Google Cloud
- Søren Overholt Nicolaisen, Director of Cloud Infrastructure, Novo Nordisk
Time: 09:45 AM – 10:30 AM
Place: Stage 1
Coffee break, exhibition, networking & 1-1 meetings
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10:30 AM – 10:50 AM
Keynote: Partnering for AI-ready Data Centers
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Join Schneider Electric for a keynote where we will unveil our bold vision for the data centers of today and tomorrow. Discover our latest AI-ready innovations and energy solutions, as we continue to be your trusted partner. In addition to diving into the energy consumption challenges facing data centers amid the AI revolution, you’ll hear about our large-scale investment in AI solutions, latest innovative products, end-to-end solutions and strategic partnerships—all designed to tackle energy hurdles head-on.
By Sebastien Cruz-Mermy, Data Center Innovation and Tech Explore League Leader, Schneider Electric
Time: 10:50 AM – 11:20 AM
Place: Stage 1
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Keynote: CEDCE EU Project - Advancing and standardizing data center skills and education across Europe
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Sustainable digitalization is crucial to tackling challenges like labor shortages, with the data center industry playing a key role in providing efficient, resilient solutions. As a result, the sector is experiencing unprecedented growth, creating a pressing need for highly skilled professionals to support Europe’s digital future.
CEDCE, Colleges for European Datacentre Education, directly addresses this demand by creating comprehensive education programs, from vocational training to higher education (EQF levels 3 to 7). Through close collaboration with leading industry partners and educational institutions across six European countries, CEDCE ensures its programs are aligned with the evolving needs of the sector.
Speakers:
- Kim Guldholt, Mercantec
- Lars Bojen, UCL
- Jakob Langkjær, FMS
- Sofie Teglgaard, Danish Data Center Industry
Time: 10:50 AM – 11:20 AM
Place: Stage 2
Keynote: Powering the Future
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Sustainable and Efficient Medium Voltage UPS Solutions for Data Centers
Sponsor: ABB
Speaker: Domagoj Talapko, Ph.D, Market Development Manager, Large Power UPS Data Centers
Time: 11:20 AM – 11:40 AM
Place: Stage 1
Keynote: Grundfos Distributed Pumping, a Paradigm shift towards Decentralised Pumping
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Sponsor: Grundfos
Speaker: Liam McDermott, Grundfos
Liam has worked in technical sales, and commercial management roles in Grundfos for over thirty years, gaining experience and expertise in technical pumping solutions coupled with a thorough understanding of customers’ needs and pain points. He supports Grundfos’s data centre customers in developing sustainable pumping solutions, matching Grundfos innovation and technical solutions with their customer’s needs.
Time: 11:20 AM – 11:40 AM
Place: Stage 2
Keynote: Lowering your PUE by mastering airflow management
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Sponsor: Legrand
Speaker: Mike van der Donk, Product Manager, Minkels
Time: 11:40 AM – 12:00 PM
Place: Stage 1
Keynote: Cross-sectorial partnerships to enable data center heat reuse for district heating systems
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Speakers:
- Catarina Marcus-Møller, Albertslund Municipality
- Michael Krogh, Sales Director, Penta Infra
Time: 11:40 AM – 12:00 PM
Place: Stage 2
Keynote: Managing the full value chain to deliver tailored, on-time emergency power systems with guaranteed quality
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Sponsor: BOS POWER
Speaker: Jess Thorsen, CTO Powergen
Time: 12:00 PM – 12:20 PM
Place: Stage 1
Keynote: Understanding the new European Energy Directive obligations for Datacenter
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Sponsor: Socomec
Speaker: Luka GRAHEK, International Specification Engineer
Time: 12:00 PM – 12:20 PM
Place: Stage 2
Keynote: The future of datacenters is happening now: Why resilience, flexibility and smarter energy use must define the next generation of infrastructure
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Sponsor: Coromatic
Speaker: Thomas Wunger, Head of Datacenter Solutions (Coromatic Group)
Datacenters are the digital backbone of society — but with growing demand comes greater risk. In his keynote, Thomas Wunger, Head of Data Center Solutions at Coromatic, explores how AI, energy constraints, and outdated infrastructure challenge the industry.
He calls for smarter energy use, stronger collaboration, and long-term thinking — because future-ready datacenters aren’t a luxury. They’re a necessity.
Time: 12:20 PM – 12:40 PM
Place: Stage 1
Keynote: From Data Centers to Enterprises: How flexible network-services help bridging the geographical gap between data and the AI processing
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Due to their low environmental impact and energy prices, Datacenters in the Nordics are becoming catalysts for AI workloads in Europe. But, enterprises are looking for ways to train AI models with their data instead of having generic results based on unknown sources. A flexible interconnection platform can help bridging the gap between datacenters offering AI services and customers wanting to train their AI models to gain insights from their data.
Sponsor: DE-CIX
Speaker: Gerald Buchholz, Senior Cloud Value Engineer, DE-CIX
Time: 12:20 PM – 12:40 PM
Place: Stage 2
Ministerial address: Unlocking AI’s potential for a sustainable society with digital policy
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by Lars Aagaard, Danish Minister for Energy & Climate
Time: 12:40 - 01:00 PM
Place: Stage 1
Lunch break, exhibitions, networking & 1-1 meetings
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01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
Keynote: Exploring generative AI: Emerging innovations, strategies and the effect on data center design
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How AI is changing the game rules of server and chip technology – what should the industry prepare for?
How will it impact data center topology?
By Bent Dalager, Partner and Nordic Head of NewTech, KPMG
Time: 01:50 PM – 02:10 PM
Place: Stage 1
Panel: Can the Nordics lead in hosting the world’s most sustainable AI workloads?
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Key European data center hubs are facing data center buildout constraints due to land and power availability. As AI is being rolled out, the Nordics are positioned as a promising region for hosting sustainable high-density workloads.
This panel will focus on:
- Assessing how the energy availability crises in EU’s tier 1 markets influence data center site selection strategies
- Does the Nordics have what it takes to host the most efficient AI and HPC workloads? How well do we perform in connectivity, energy, skills, innovation and security?
- Could other emerging European markets outperform the Nordics?
Moderator: Bent Dalager, Partner and Nordic Head of NewTech, KPMG
Panel:
- Maria Sundvall, CEO, Fuzion & CEO CapMan Infra’s Datacenter Platform
- Atle Haga, VP of Strategy and Development in the Nordics, Stack Infrastructure
- Patrick Van Der Wilt, CCO, Penta Infra
- Simon Jones, Sales Director, Digital Realty
Time: 02:10 PM – 02:55 PM
Place: Stage 1
Panel: Navigating data centers sustainability issues in the AI era: Can we scale up while reducing carbon emissions?
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As the demand for data continues to grow to unprecedented levels, innovation and collaboration “outside the fence” becomes central to data center sustainability. How do we future proof a sustainable pathway for the industry?
This panel focuses on:
- Cross-sector collaboration and public-private partnerships
- Reviewing innovative energy models – renewables, alternative power sources, tariffs and models
- Demand response and grid resilience– how to improve flexibility and offer backup power sources to the grid?
- Data center heat reuse applications for district heating and other applications – how do we move the needle
- Outlook: Regulatory and compliance incentives: Is the EED enough, or should we go beyond?
Moderator: Anders Mathiesen, Chair, Danish Data Center Industry
Panel:
- Anders Kuhn Saaby, CTO, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
- Eyjólfur Magnús Kristinsson, CEO, atNorth
- Søren Dupont Kristensen, COO, Energinet
- Nikolaj Kipp, Department Head, Dansk Fjernvarme
Time: 02:55 PM – 03:40 PM
Place: Stage 1
Panel: Net Zero Impact at scale and acceleration capability towards Net Zero – how emerging tech and cross-sector collaboration paves the way for innovations in the European industry
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The Net Zero Innovation Hub is a pan-European initiative which seeks to address key sectoral challenges through concrete innovation projects and establishing stronger links between operators, suppliers, and governments.
The Hub Projects aim to de-risk the scale-up of innovative solutions by removing barriers around: technology, market off-take, regulation and financing.
The panel will focus on:
- Carbon-free energy - specifically technologies delivering controllable 24/7 carbon-free power, alternatives to diesel back-up generators, grid-connected data centers µogrids
- Data center heat reuse - for various applications including district heating systems, industry and energy
Moderator: Henrik Hansen, CEO, Danish Data Center Industry
Panel:
- Alberto Ravagni, CEO, Net Zero Innovation Hub for Data Centers
- Sebastien Cruz-Mermy, Data Center Innovation and Tech Explore League Leader, Schneider Electric
- Christopher Eckerberg, Head of Business Development Datacenters Nordics and Benelux, Google
- Knud Erik Andersen, CEO and co-founder, European Energy
Time: 03:40 PM – 04:25 PM
Place: Stage 1
Networking drinks
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04:30 PM – 05:00 PM
End of event
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05:00 PM
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