DDI and the 2025 category sponsors are proud to announce the winners of the 2025 DDI awards.
The 2025 Danish Data Center Industry Award highlighted impressive projects, people, and ideas coming from the regional data center industry. Over 210 people from Denmark and beyond were gathered at Moltke’s Palæ in Copenhagen to celebrate the accomplishments of the industry. The Lead sponsor of the evening was Danfoss.
Following a drinks reception, which was sponsored by t5 Data Centers a total of 9 awards were presented by the category sponsors.
Sustainable Data Center project (sponsored by Coromatic A/S)
Winner: atNorth
The following companies were shortlisted for the award:
- atNorth
- Aeven
- AtlasEdge Data Centres
Technology Innovation (sponsored by DataCenterGruppen)
Winner: Phanofi
The following companies were shortlisted for the award:
- Danish Centre for AI Innovation (DCAI)
- NOVENCO Building & Industry
- Phanofi
Construction & Design Team (Sponsored by CTS Nordics)
Winner: Bjerne Jensen (part of Coromatic)
The following companies were shortlisted for the award:
- COWI
- Bjerne Jensen (part of Coromatic)
- Fuzion
Young Talent of the Year (sponsored by ABB)
Winner: Mathias Aaris Vesthede, T5 Data Centers
The following individuals were shortlisted for the award:
- Lasse Vandrup, Digital Realty
- Martin Fahlen Larsen, Maxim Milenkovic, Rasmus Oredson Jørgensen, UCL
- Mathias Aaris Vesthede, T5 Data Centers
Operations Team of the Year (sponsored by Schneider Electric)
Winner: T5 Data Centers
The following companies were shortlisted for the award:
- T5 Data Centers
- Netic
- Stack Infrastructure EMEA
Equality & Inclusion (sponsored by Legrand)
Winner: UCL
The following companies were shortlisted for the award:
- Netic
- Bulk Infrastructure
- UCL – University College Lillebælt
Data Center Municipality of the year (sponsored by Penta Infra)
Winner: Esbjerg Municipality
The following companies have been shortlisted for the award:
- Albertslund Kommune
- Esbjerg Kommune
- Fredericia Kommune
Data Center Digital Transformation Project (sponsored by Huawei)
Winner: The LEGO Group
The following companies have been shortlisted for the award:
- The LEGO Group
- Danfoss
- Danish Centre for AI Innovation (DCAI)
DDI Dedication Award 2025 (sponsored by the DDI board)
Winner: Thomas Volder
The DDI dedication award celebrates an individual for their exceptional contribution to the data center ecosystem in Denmark. This award is nominated and selected by the DDI Board.
Thank you to the judges
DDI would like to extend a thank you to the category sponsors and the panel of independent judges for their support:
Alberto Ravagni (Net Zero Innovation Hub for Data Centers), Phil Brooks (theventguide), Pernille Hoffmann (Digital Realty), Thomas Volder (Volder Consult), Joakim Petersen (DCIN), Karin Angus (Enterprise Ireland) Pär Åberg (ATEA, SweDCI), Mette Gade (360 Law Firm), Astrid Nielsen (Business France), Mette Beck-Nielsen (Digital Dogme), Bjørn Rønning (Norwegian Data Center Association), Ashlee Corbett (Arup), Rasmus Brandt (COWI, DDI), Carl Ove Larsen (Søren Jensen Rådgivende Ingeniører, DDI), Eero Lindquist (FDCA), Isabelle Kemlin (RISE, SweDCI), Joelle Laik (Business France), Anders Frich Mathiesen (Thylander, DDI).
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