In recent years, Kajaani has developed into Finland’s Arctic data center capital, home to both domestic and international technology and data center companies. This would not have been possible without close collaboration between local authorities, data center ecosystem members, and other stakeholders.
The Sustainable and Responsible Data Center Ecosystem seminar offers a unique opportunity to bring together various industry players and partners to hear and discuss important shared themes and future opportunities e.g. excess heat utilization.
In addition to high-level Key Notes and insightful presentations, CSC offers the exclusive opportunity to visit LUMI supercomputer and data center. LUMI is one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe.
Sustainable and Responsible Data Center Ecosystem seminar is organized by CSC, KAMK and LUKE in cooperation with FDCA, the City of Kajaani and the Kainuu Regional Council.
Venue: Kaukametsä Conference and Cultural Centre, Auditorium Kouta (Koskikatu 2, Kajaani, Finland)
PROGRAMME
8:30 Coffee
Session 1: Fast growing data center industry in EU and Finland
9:00 Opening, Silja Keränen, KAMK
9:05 Keynote speech, title TBC
9:30 EU scheme for rating sustainability of data centers, Policy Officer Nikolaos Kontinakis DG ENER European Commission (Video greeting)
10:00 Data center sector overview and future development, Finnish Data Center Association FDCA
10:30 Short break
Session 2: Data center ecosystem development in Kajaani
10:40 Greetings from City of Kajaani
10:50 LUMI, European AI Factory and Kajaani Data Center Ecosystem, Managing Director Kimmo Koski, CSC – IT Center for Science Ltd.
11:20 Data center excess heat reuse in Kajaani, KAMK / LUKE / use case
12:00 Lunch
Session 3: Sustainability of digital transition and supporting actions
13:30 Handprint and footprint of the data economy and digitalization, Project manager Antti Sipilä, Green ICT -project
14:00 Education and RDI supporting the data center ecosystem, President/CEO Matti Sarén, KAMK
14:15 Coffee and networking break
Session 4: Update from the data center operators in Kajaani
14:45 Presentations from data center companies, Borealis Data Center Oy, XTX Markets Oy and Google (TBC)
15:45 Discussion and closing remarks
16:00 Seminar ends
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16:30 Possibility to visit CSC’s LUMI data center
Pre-registration for the visit is required. As the number of data center visitors is limited, CSC will confirm the registration with a separate email, after the registration period has ended.
Please note that there are separate registrations for the seminar and for the CSC data center visit.
We reserve the right to programme changes.
The event will be on-site only.