A significant data center cluster has grown in Kajaani, with CSC – Science Information Technology Centre Ltd, XTX Markets, Borealis Data Center and hopefully Google in the future. The role of local administrations and partners has been also significant in this progress. Come and listen the latest update of Kajaani data center ecosystem, and the opportunities it offers e.g. for the excess heat utilization.

The seminar is organized by CSC, Kajaani University of Applied Sciences and LUKE in cooperation with FDCA, the City of Kajaani and the Kainuu Regional Council.

Venue: Kaukametsä congress center, Kouta-hall, Koskikatu 2, Kajaani

 

PROGRAM

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, DG ENER

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, CSC – IT Center for Science

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 (TBC)

14:00 Education and RDI supporting the data center ecosystem, 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, XTX Markets and Google (TBC))

15:45 Discussion and closing remarks

16:00 Seminar ends

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16:30 Possibility to visit LUMI data center in Renforsin Ranta, Kajaani (separate registration)

More information and the registeration link will be added to this site closer to the event.