Oslo 2025

Engineering Data Center Design for the Rapidly Advancing AI Environment

Sean A. Timmons, with extensive experience in engineering and design, is leading efforts in data center design for AI environments. The landscape of data center construction is rapidly transforming due to AI workloads. AI data centers require specialized infrastructure, including high-performance computing, advanced cooling systems (with liquid cooling emerging as a key technology) and robust networking. The shift from data centers to compute centers is driven by the power demands of GPUs.

Datacenter Changemakers Norway
Episode 1

Back in Oslo is Datacenter Changemakers Norway, our live talk shows with the people who are changing the face of the data center industry. The most pressing issues facing the digital infrastructure sector will be discussed. 

Hosted & moderated by

Liselotte Lyngsø

Founder of Future Navigator

In this episode we'll discuss the AI arms race:

AI Infrastructure investments: hype vs real value

As companies like DeepSeek and Mistral AI develop powerful yet lower-energy models, investors and enterprise leaders must rethink where capital flows. Will these advancements reduce data center demand or fuel even greater AI adoption? We’ll explore the financial, technological, and policy implications of AI’s next evolution. 

With: 

Charlie Enright – Research Analyst, DC Byte 

Svein Atle Hagaseth – CEO, Green Mountain Data Centers

Sean Anthony Timmons – Senior Vice President of Design, Engineering, Technology & Sustainability, CTS Nordics

Artificial Intelligence’s impact on enterprise IT 

How are Norwegian businesses adopting AI, what are the infrastructure demands (GPUs, cloud vs on-prem) for AI adoption, and what are the governance challenges? How can enterprises scale AI without dropping their sustainability targets?

With:

Jørn Skaane – CEO, Lefdal Mine Datacenter
Ina Conrado – AI Innovation Lead & Senior Solution Engineer, Salesforce 
Per Hillertz – Ecosystem Business Development, M&A, and IT Site Lead, AstraZeneca

Securing the Future: Addressing Cybersecurity Challenges in Data Centers

As organizations embrace digitization and data-driven capabilities, securing data centers against evolving threats is paramount. This session will cover the key challenges in physical, IT, and information security, offering actionable insights on how to build comprehensive protection strategies. Attendees will learn how to balance increased digitization with enhanced security measures, ensuring resilience against cyberattacks and physical breaches while driving forward their digital transformation goals.

Speakers: Daniel Sam Khabbazian, Digital Enterprise Professionals, & Frida Ahlberg, Digital Enterprise Professionals.

Siemens Busbar System – a cost-effective and flexible alternative to traditional cabling for Data Centers

Function is Siemens partner on Busbars Systems and a leading expert across the Nordic region and will share how busbar systems can provide space-saving designs, simple planning through modular construction, efficient tap-off unit placement

and a cost-effective solution.

Speaker: Idar Hersvik – Manager - Industry, Function

Salesforce NextGen Data-Driven Data Center

This presentation by Lars Amlie (Principal Solution Engineer) & Ina Conrado (AI Innovation Lead & Senior Solution Engineer) will focus on: 
– The Data-Driven Data Center - With a focus on trust, agility and cost.
– Generative and Autonomous AI - Agentic services and Anomaly detection.
– Net Zero - How to manage ESG data and connect to your Ecosystem.

Meet Olivia: Norway's Most Powerful Supercomputer

Olivia is set to become Norway's most powerful supercomputer ever. With her immense superpower, Olivia will facilitate progress in health, marine, and climate research. 

The Technical Facility Domain: Digital and Commercial Impacts

As technology continues to evolve the digitalisation space with richer content, AI, IoT and Automation, what is the impact on technical facilities? The distributed Datacenter, blurred lines between telecom and data PoPs, repurposing existing properties, and bringing the compute closer to the end user. Is the facility domain ready for the next wave?

Building Data Centers - Velocity at Scale

The need for high-speed, efficient deployment has never been more urgent. In this presentation, we will explore how to build data centers at velocity speed, focusing on innovative strategies, technologies, and best practices.

What impact does the development of medicines have on future data center requirements?

Why are computational resources important to the development of the healthcare systems? What are the requirements we foresee for datacenters and compute capacity in the pharmaceutical industry? And what are the specific data and data privacy challenges for compute capabilities?

Nordic Data Centers in a Global Context: Trends, Challenges, and Comparisons

The Nordic data center industry is evolving rapidly, shaped by sustainability initiatives, AI-driven demands, and workforce shortages. This session presents key findings from the latest industry survey, comparing trends in the Nordics with other global markets. We will explore how the region stands out in areas like energy efficiency and regulation, while also addressing challenges shared with the rest of the world. Join us for a data-driven discussion on the future of data centers in the Nordics and beyond.

Can Phase Change Materials Revolutionize Sustainable Cooling for Data Centers?

As data centres grow in number and energy consumption, pioneering solutions like Phase Change Materials (PCMs) are emerging as a promising solution for cooling AI and data center infrastructure. These materials can absorb large amounts of heat during phase transitions, making them ideal for managing temperature spikes in high-density computing environments. The integration of PCMs could significantly reduce energy consumption in data centers while maintaining optimal operating temperatures for AI systems.

Datacenter Market Insights from Norway

Norway is a significant player within the Nordic region's data centre industry, benefiting from a combination of strategic advantages. This session will examine how Norway compares with its Nordic neighbors, highlighting trends, investment opportunities, and the region’s competitive advantages in attracting global tech players.

Partnering for AI-ready Data Centers

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.

The Future of Room-Based Cooling Systems in AI and High-Density Data Centers

Presented by Mathias Köster, Head of SBA Thermal Management, and Christoph Loehner, International Sales Engineer.

Building Sustainable AI Datacenters

Hosted & moderated by Liselotte Lyngsø, founder of Future Navigator.

With:

Andrei Soloviev – Sales Manager Nordic, Victaulic

Ben Gliwa – Director of Operations Sweden, Equinix

Svein Atle Hagaseth – CEO, Green Mountain Data Centers

Anna Kristín Pálsdóttir – Chief Development Officer, atNorth

The challenges of the future for data centers are already here

The advance of digitization creates lots of possibilities, efficiency and convenience that we could only dream of before. But how dependent have we become on digital processes and how does it affect and increase the vulnerability of our society? At the same time, we are experiencing a shift in technology that we've never experienced before, which creates great demands for today's data centers and where relatively newly built facilities are already at risk of becoming obsolete. How should we think and plan ahead to meet existing needs and at the same time be prepared for the future?

From Data Centers to Enterprises: How flexible network-services help bridging the geographical gap between data and the AI processing

Due to their low environmental impact and energy prices, Datacenters in the Nordics are becoming a catalyst for AI workloads in Europe. Enterprises are looking for ways to train 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.

Innovate AI with Hitachi

Discover how Hitachi leverages its rich engineering heritage to drive groundbreaking advancements in artificial intelligence. This session explores Hitachi’s journey to AI success, showcasing pioneering research, real-world deployments, and the transformative impact of cutting-edge AI technologies across industries.

The "Power" of a Module: How Power Modules are reshaping data center infrastructure

Quick go-through on how time-to-market is impacting the industry and how Power Modules are becoming the preferred solution in terms of flexibility, deployment and sustainability.

2-Phase Waterless Direct Liquid Cooling: Solving Heat and Efficiency Challenges in Data Centers

Data centers are under increasing pressure to cool high-performance processors efficiently while ensuring safety and scalability. 2-phase waterless direct liquid cooling offers a groundbreaking solution to these challenges. This advanced technology delivers precise cooling directly to processors, significantly reducing energy consumption and eliminating the risks associated with water-based systems. Its compact and scalable design makes it ideal for modern data centers striving for sustainability and efficiency. Discover how this approach is transforming cooling strategies to meet the demands of today’s high-performance computing environments.

The new data centre regulation – obligation to register and to ensure an appropriate level of security

This presentation will cover the new obligations in the electronic communications legislation, focusing on the duty to register and the security obligations.

Five Datacenter Predictions for 2025

The critical digital infrastructure sector continues to experience strong growth driven by surging demand for IT and the rise of AI. This presentation will look beyond the more obvious trends for 2025 and examines some of the latest developments and challenges shaping the data center industry.

Datacenter Changemakers Norway
Episode 2

Hosted & moderated by Liselotte Lyngsø, founder of Future Navigator.

In this epsiode:

Power Struggle: The Role of Data Centers in Norway’s Energy Future

As Norway reassesses its energy strategy, data centers are emerging as both a challenge and a solution. With electricity interconnectors under political scrutiny and domestic energy security at the forefront, how can data centers contribute to grid stability, load balancing, and heat reuse while managing their growing electricity demand?

With:

Statnett

Nicolai Solberg Løvdal – Sustainability advisor, Nkom

Bjørn Rønning – General Manager, Norwegian Datacenter Industry

Gisle M. Eckhoff – Vice President, Business Development, CTS Nordics

~ The programme may be subject to change ~