Data Centre Magazine February 2024 | Page 50

JÖRGEN VENOT TITLE : CSO COMPANY : DATA CASTLE LOCATION : GERMANY
Jörgen Venot is an industry veteran with over 20 years in international business development of which 12 + years in the global IT and datacenter business .
He is a French national , born in Sweden , and raised in a very international environment . He did his MBA studies across France , the UK , and Germany . Jörgen has worked for French , Spanish , German , Luxemburg , and US companies . He speaks five languages , and his DNA makes him a connector and a bridge builder .
As a former employee of Etix Everywhere ( now Vantage ) and later , Data Center Group , where he worked directly with the Founders both times , Jörgen initiated multiple strategic partnerships in Brazil , the DACH Region and the Nordic countries . He also initiated joint-ventures and co-colocation deals including a 1MW colocation project in Belgium , an 8MW HPC in Sweden , and what became a + 40MW HPC project in Iceland . He was also involved early stage in what became a hyperscale project in Frankfurt ( Offenbach ) for a US cloud player .
Jörgen is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Online Sustainability Strategy Program .
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