2nd NORDICS
DATA CENTRE
DESIGN
ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION

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Dates 27 – 28 January 2027 Wednesday – Thursday
Location Helsinki, Finland
Format C-level summit Owners · Developers · EPC · Vendors
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27–28 January 2027 Helsinki, Finland
About the Event

The 2nd Nordic Data Centre Design, Engineering & Construction Summit brings owners, developers, engineers, architects, contractors, utilities and commissioning specialists to Helsinki for two days on how the next generation of Nordic facilities is being built.

AI-scale requirements are forcing projects to be redesigned from the ground up — new electrical architectures, higher rack densities, liquid cooling, modular construction and far more demanding commissioning. Two days of real projects, real numbers, and the people delivering them.

Networking Up to 6 hours
Delegate mix Owners, EPC & vendors
Post-event pack Slides, photos, contacts
Delegates at the Nordics Data Centre Design, Engineering & Construction Summit
Programme 27–28 January 2027 · Helsinki
Topics to be Discussed
Four themes, twelve topics — what the two days cover, in short.
Designing & Engineering Next-Generation Data Centres
AI workloads & high-density infrastructure
Electrical architectures and floor loading for 100–300kW+ racks, balancing redundancy and resilience without over-engineering cost into the design.
Power & cooling strategies
Direct-to-chip in new builds and retrofits, immersion trade-offs, and readiness for 800VDC.
Commissioning under IST
Integrated systems testing, staged energisation, PUE/WUE/ERF disclosure and ISO 50001 before the 2027 threshold.
Procurement, Electrical Infrastructure & Modular Delivery
Long-lead procurement
Framework agreements and OEM capacity reservation ahead of need, with substation lead time treated as the primary schedule-risk variable.
Delivering large-scale campuses
Standardising repeatable design blocks across 100–500MW multi-phase developments, and allocating contractor risk realistically across developer, PMC and EPC roles.
Digital & modular delivery
Prefabricated electrical and cooling skids, factory acceptance testing before delivery, and BIM and digital-twin coordination to reduce MEP clashes.
Construction Execution, Workforce & Facility Resilience
Specialist workforce challenges
Labour demand across overlapping Nordic programmes, crew sequencing between Finland, Norway and Sweden, and local training pipelines.
Physical security & OT resilience
Perimeter, access control and command centres, protecting building-management systems from OT risk, and security built into commissioning.
Heat recovery as a design requirement
District heating integration planned from day one, operational Nordic partnerships, and mandatory heat reuse expectations.
Grid Economics, Regulatory Risk & the New Capital Landscape
Connecting to the grid
Transmission and DSO requirements across the Nordics, fault-ride-through and active power control, and connection-capacity competition.
Turning compliance into revenue
Monetising demand flexibility, project economics under shifting prices and energy taxation, and offsetting cost through lower-PUE design.
Beyond the hyperscalers
EU-backed digital infrastructure, sovereign-cloud providers building independent capacity, and campus design for new customer profiles.
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Who Should Attend?
C-level officers, vice-presidents, directors, managers and heads responsible for:
Data Centre
Design
Construction
Engineering
Operations
Planning
Facilities
Technology / CIO / CTO
Grid
MEP
Energy / Power
Cooling
Procurement
Supply Chain
Project Management
Storage Planning
Commissioning
Infrastructure
Development
End user companies
Data Centre Owners Data Centre Operators Data Centre Developers Colocation Providers Hyperscalers
Vendor companies
Design & Engineering Power Infrastructure & Energy Cooling & Thermal Management Commissioning & Testing Modular & Prefabricated Construction Equipment & Infrastructure Providers Connectivity & Network Infrastructure Energy Efficiency & Heat Reuse Security & Safety Providers
Construction companies
Main contractors, EPC and specialist subcontractors delivering Nordic data centre projects.
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Insights From Our Past Attendees

Delegates from previous editions on what they took away — the conversations, the case studies and the people they met.

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Executive Director
Christina Mertens
Vice President
Steve McIntyre
Principal Urban Environmental Consultant
Networking By Future Bridge
Meet the people building it

The agenda is built around face-to-face time. Coffee breaks, ice-breaking sessions and a drinks reception give delegates room for focused conversations rather than crowded corridors.

Small enough that you meet the room, senior enough that the conversations go somewhere.

What's included
Mobile app for delegate connections
See who's attending and request meetings before you arrive.
Up to six hours of networking breaks
Structured breaks between sessions, not five minutes at the coffee urn.
Drinks reception
Day one closes with an informal evening reception for all delegates.
Facilitated peer-to-peer introductions
Tell us who you want to meet and we make the introduction on site.
Post-event follow-up
Slides, photos and delegate contacts circulated after the summit.
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Previous Data Centre Attendees

AWS Microsoft Amazon Alibaba Cloud Oracle Equinix CyrusOne Vantage Data Centers DataBank EdgeConnex Switch Datacenters NTT Global Data Center Iron Mountain Data Centers Global Switch Telehouse QTS Data Centers Aligned Data Centers
Coreweave Crusoe Northern Data Group DC BLOX T mobile Dropbox Salesforce Digital Realty Green Mountain Data4 Group EXA Infrastructure Prime Data Centers Cumulus Data Skybox Datacenters Sentinal Data Centers Centresquare Nautilus Data Technologies
EdgeCore CleanArc Data Centers Echelon Data Centres DC Alliance Form8tion Data Centers Centre Alliance Kontena BV Ficolo Oy nLighten GreenScale Data Centers WoodenDataCenter Yondr Group KD WALT Konzepts UG KV Baltic SDEA Submer Technologies S.L. Five Infinitum
King Shared Services Barcelona Cable Landing Station Khazna Data Centers SPAINDC Beyond.pl Goodman Management Services Goodman Fibratel SL Nabiax Verne Mercury Engineering Ethos Engineering Compostela Data Centers Zoppas IHET Designer Group Dow Chemical Iberica BDx Data Centers
ST Telemedia Global Data Centres CapitaLand Group DCI Data Centers CBRE ESR CtrlS Datacenters AtlasEdge Data Centres AQ Compute GDSG Serverfarm 123NET Chirisa Technology Park START Campus Impleon T5 Data Centers NetApp Evoque- Cyxtera
Uptime Institute Legrand Sandbrook Capital Hitachi High Tech Compass Data Centers IIR Energy Industrial Info Resources Pacifico Energy JLL Hochtief Iridium Latin Checkout SAS Banque de France European Commission iMasons Climate Accord Dorsch Global McKinstry Stream Data Centers Mansfield Energy BRE
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Direct C-suite access
Face-to-face with C-level officers, VPs, directors and heads responsible for design, construction, grid, MEP, cooling and procurement across the Nordics.
Brand visibility
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Market intelligence
Hear what Nordic operators are actually solving for — high-density AI halls, liquid cooling, long-lead procurement, grid queues and heat recovery.
Thought leadership
A speaking slot puts your engineers in front of the room, positioning the company as a voice in the conversation rather than a logo on a banner.
Technology showcase
Exhibition space in the networking area, where delegates spend their breaks — plus two delegate passes with full access to the conference.
Exclusive networking
Up to six hours of structured networking, facilitated peer-to-peer introductions, an evening drinks reception and a delegate connection app.
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Testimonials

What Attendees Say

01 / 13
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Fantastic — perfect balance of networking and education in an open, honest setup. The sessions were excellent.

Anew Climate LLC
Faizal Hassan — Vice President, Environmental Products
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Really well organised event. The presenters' dinner was a nice touch, and the networking sessions were interactive and plentiful.

Group CBS
Steve Camber — Vice President of Business Development
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Amazing, very well planned. Great group of sessions and presenters.

Vantage Data Centers
Namrata Gupta — Sustainability Manager
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The attendance of this event made it well worth it — in particular, the sustainability directors from data centre companies.

Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
Alexander Rakow — Director of Sustainability, Data Centers
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Great balance between information and networking.

CheckSammy
Jonathan Jaovanni — Account Executive, National Sales
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Amazing! Really enjoyed the smaller size, and the ample encouragement and time for networking.

Carbon Direct
Eva Guadamillas — Client Engagement Manager
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Very positive. I found the networking breaks incredibly helpful, and absorbed a lot of new information about the data centre industry.

Enterprise Sales
Stephanie White — Enterprise Sales Executive
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On the smaller side, but well run — and it was easy to approach people for conversation.

Gensler
Chris Sanders — Associate
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Fantastic group of presenters — great networking.

Gensler
Ryan Jensen — Senior Associate
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Very informative. I learned a lot about the energy side of data centres.

Industrial Info Resources
Angela Hudson — North America Research Manager, Industrial Manufacturing
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I really enjoyed the conversations and learning more about the data centre realm.

Calpine Energy Solutions
Alexandria Pedrin — Business Development
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Well organised, with a great range of topics discussed. The smaller size made it good for networking and connecting with all the speakers.

T-Mobile
Sean Seemann — Sr. Engineer, System Architecture
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Enjoyable, informative, engaging with plenty of opportunities for networking

T-Mobile
Michael Boehm — Director, Critical Facility Operations
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