CLOUD & 5G
Polar DC’ s DRA01 data centre in Tordal, Norway
My role is broad and my responsibilities are a little unusual for a COO: I oversee all aspects of technical delivery and service operations across the business. My remit includes health and safety compliance, security and ESG initiatives, from design and construction through to operations.
Reflecting the dynamic needs of a scaling startup, I also play a tactical leadership role across HR, marketing and IT, supporting these core business functions as we grow and evolve.
Q. WHAT DOES POLAR WANT TO ACHIEVE IN THE DATA CENTRE MARKET?
» We want to support our customers to develop the future of AI. Our vision is to‘ Accelerate Infrastructure’ development because we believe the time is now to bring AI-ready data centres to market. For me, the key focus is being flexible in supporting the new generation of AI technology.
The market is rapidly shifting, as a new business, we have the benefit of being agile and responsive. We’ re listening to our customers and developing solutions with a partnership approach.
To build a great business, you need great people. We want to deliver what our customers need now, so to do that we’ re hiring the best people in the industry. We’ re also selecting vendors that are aligned to our mission and leveraging their expert talent where we don’ t have those in-house capabilities.
Q. HOW HAS POLAR ADAPTED ITS SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY TO HANDLE AI AND HPC WORKLOADS?
» We are very fortunate at Polar in that we don’ t have legacy data centres with infrastructure that needs to be
44 June 2025