- DCD> Towards Net-Zero | Europe
- 2022/02/15 10:00
- 2022/02/17 10:00
- February 15 - February 17, 2022
- Online
Following last year’s landmark UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Scotland, climate neutrality has rocketed to the top of the regulatory, corporate and ethical agenda for the industry players. Sustainability can no longer be seen as an ‘add-on’ but a net-zero target-reaching industry at its very core.
This series of DCD> Towards Net-Zero will focus on expert-led sessions discussing what sustainability means in the data center context.
Developing circular approaches to data center sustainability from the edge of the arctic circle
As we journey towards a net-zero future for digital infrastructure, a high-quality testbed environment for the ideation, development, testing and verification of new and sustainable data center technologies is essential to adoption at scale.
This case study will provide an overview of the new partnership between Vertiv and Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) as part of a data center testbed for the newest innovations in waste heat, alternative power, thermal management systems and beyond.
Speakers
EMEA Solution Architecture Director, Vertiv
Piotr is a Data Center professional with proven track record in international technical sales and business development. Experienced in B2B sales of large and complex technical solutions to colocation, telco and hyperscale cloud accounts with increasing responsibility and regional coverage. Involved in the entire construction process from solution architecture, design coordination and sales to commissioning and testing. Since 2016 he’s been focused on developing the prefabricated modular data centers Line of Business in Vertiv and he is currently leading a team of Solution Architects in EMEA region. As Vertiv CTO liaison for EMEA he has been responsible for establishing the cooperation with RI.SE (Research Institute of Sweden), focusing on sustainable data center technologies research.
Director ICE Data Centre, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Tor Björn Minde is currently Director of RISE ICE Datacenter an industry research institute established in Luleå North Sweden, focusing on datacenters. He was recently head of research strategies at Ericsson Research with 35 years experience at Ericsson. He also holds an adjunct professorship at Lulea University of Technology in signal processing. Lately his main focus has been on large-scale cloud, edge and AI & big data infrastructures. Tor Björn is secretary of the Swedish Datacenter Industry Association.
Partner’s panel: How will the E2P2 hydrogen project enable Europe's climate neutral data center goals by 2030?
In the quest for net-zero power generation, data center providers routinely deliberate on the best way to contribute to the ‘cleaning up’ grid-scale power and ‘green’ backup power and generation too. In 2021, the European Clean Hydrogen Partnership announced the €2.5 million EcoEdge PrimePower project (E2P2) to develop hydrogen fuel cells for data centers across Europe.
With involvement from consortium of members including colocation provider, Equinix, power equipment provider, Vertiv, along with eco-entrepreneurs, InfraPrime, can collaboration finally produce industry market buy-in for hydrogen?
This multi-partner case study will look at the future of hydrogen fuel cells and assess the ongoing battle for market and technological validation.
Speaker
Global Offering Manager Smart Power & EMEA Business Vertiv
Arturo holds a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, a PhD in Industrial Engineering and an Energy Manager Certification.
He is currently Global Offering Manager for Smart Power and EMEA Business Manager at Vertiv, following previous experiences in the Heating, Renewable Energy & Power, Oil & Gas, and Packaging industries.
