DAME DAWN CHILDS
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Data Centre Magazine highlights some of the most notable executive moves to happen across the global data centre industry in recent weeks
WRITTEN BY: SAFFRON HUMPHREYS
DAME DAWN CHILDS
JOB FROM: PRESIDENT AT PURE DATA CENTRES GROUP
JOB TO: CEO OF NLIGHTEN
Dame Dawn Childs has joined nLighten as CEO, after leaving her role as President at Pure Data Centres. She succeeds Co-Founder Harro Beusker, who remains on the board. Dawn will continue as a Non-Executive Director at Pure Data Centres while nLighten expands its European edge data centre platform.
“ The opportunity for nLighten to play a meaningful role in supporting Europe’ s growing need for digital sovereignty is significant”
16 July 2026