Stockholm 2025

Engineering Data Center Design for the Rapidly Advancing AI Environment

The rise of AI is transforming data centers by shifting focus from storage to high-density compute centers, posing challenges in power, cost, sustainability, and time to market. This presentation explores the effect of AI on the DC design & build process, and how CTS has adjusted to meet the new demand.

Datacenter Changemakers Sweden
Episode 1

Back in Stockholm is Datacenter Changemakers Sweden, our live talk shows with the people who are changing the face of the data center industry. The most pressing issues facing the digital infrastructure sector will be discussed. 

Hosted & moderated by

Liselotte Lyngsø

Founder of Future Navigator

In this episode:

Sustainability by Design: Meeting the Next Wave of ESG Demands

Guests:

Richard May – Country Manager, UKI & Nordics, Sunbird Software

Martin Ehrlander – Technical sales representative, Megacon, part of Socomec

Isabelle Kemlin – Vice-President of the Board, EUDCA / Business and Innovation Executive, RISE

Behind the scene, designing and commissioning started from north of Sweden and spreading across the globe. Tragedy from up close is a comedy from a far

Beyond FanWall: The Future of Room-Based Cooling in AI Data Centers – Greenfield & Brownfield

The rapid evolution of AI workloads is reshaping the thermal demands of modern data centers. While FanWall systems have long been the standard for room-based cooling, they are increasingly challenged by rising power densities and stricter space constraints. This presentation explores the future of room-based cooling beyond FanWall architectures, addressing both Greenfield and Brownfield deployment scenarios, and includes the integration of CDUs for liquid cooling.

Fiber Optics: Old School, or The Backbone of Our Digital Society?

Enjoy a fun and interesting side glimpse from Pro Optix on data connectivity, modern IT challenges, and the memory lane of more than 30 years of experience.

Empowering Sovereign AI: 6GAI building Sweden’s Cutting-Edge Cloud at atNorth

With: 

Anders Fryxell – CSO, atNorth 

Thomas Ekman – Board Member, 6GAI Sweden

How Do We Accelerate Decarbonization?

This presentation is our response to the Net Zero Data Centers RFI, focused on identifying innovative, sustainable, and scalable backup power solutions to support the future of digital infrastructure.

Discover how Vattenfall’s Power-as-a-Service solution enables datacenter operators to achieve reliable and secure electrical infrastructure—without the burden of owning, investing, operating or maintaining the equipment. As one of Europe’s largest producers of electricity and heat, Vattenfall brings deep expertise in electrical systems tailored for mission-critical environments.

In this session, we’ll explore how Power-as-a-Service can help you:

– Reduce operational risk and complexity

– Improve energy efficiency and sustainability

– Ensure long-term reliability and compliance

We’ll also explore insights from a datacenter operator perspective, illustrating how Power-as-a-Service can be implemented in live datacenter environments. This session will provide insightful takeaways for operators considering this solution.

Beyond 'Stand-by’: Smart design for critical-mission backup power
 

In mission-critical environments such as data centers, operational continuity requires tailored backup power solutions. In this presentation, Genesal Energy explores how to prepare backup systems for the exponential growth of AI, where server capacity can multiply rapidly, demanding additional power and backup generators. It will cover eco-design and energy efficiency strategies, as well as integration with advanced control systems to ensure reliability, redundancy, and optimized consumption. The importance of data and technology sovereignty will also be highlighted, ensuring compliance with European legislation and providing added value through our local network. Attendees will discover how GENESAL ENERGY is redefining the design of intelligent and sustainable backup systems, solutions that ensure total uptime, minimize operational risks, and empower data centers to meet the technological challenges of the future.

“Modular Power for the AI Era”

As AI and electrification accelerate, the race is on to deploy next-gen data center capacity faster, smarter, and greener. How Eaton & NordicEPOD are helping contractors and data center operators to meet time-to-market demands with fully tested pre-fabricated power modules.

Cool AI. Eliminate Water. Cut Energy Costs. Boost Performance.

Hear all about Waterless Liquid Cooling.

Smart from the Start: Optimizing your data center
 

From design to operation with Siemens Building X by connecting BIM, sensors and assets to drive operational excellence — and accelerate delivery.

Nordic Data Centers in a Global Context: Trends, Challenges, and Comparisons

The Nordic data center industry is evolving rapidly, shaped by sustainability initiatives, AI-driven demands, and workforce shortages. This session presents key findings from the latest industry survey, comparing trends in the Nordics with other global markets. We will explore how the region stands out in areas like energy efficiency and regulation, while also addressing challenges shared with the rest of the world.

Join us for a data-driven discussion on the future of data centers in the Nordics and beyond.

The RISE of up to 1MW rack densities for AI data centers

Next-generation AI servers are pushing data center power densities toward the deployment of up to a 1MW rack, which is at a scale that redefines facility design. This talk presents the RISE of a project using server emulators to mimic future systems, enabling testing and validation before hardware arrives. The focus is building power and cooling infrastructure capable of sustaining up to 1MW per rack, from advanced liquid cooling to heat reuse strategies. The objective of an initiative at RISE is to build a demonstration that tackles the challenges of delivering such high power and removing heat efficiently, while minimizing energy losses.

Next-Generation Cooling for HPC & AI: From Chip to Chiller
 

In this presentation we're going to explore the intersection of two transformative forces within our industry: AI and liquid cooling. This is not just a technical revolution, but a strategic turning point. Those that recognize this now will be the ones who shape the future of digital infrastructure.

Optimizing Datacenter Performance with Emerging Flash and SSD Technologies for AI

In the era of Artificial Intelligence, data has become the lifeblood of innovation — and storage its beating heart. From training massive language models to enabling real-time inferencing at the edge, the success of AI applications depends not only on the availability of data but also on how efficiently it is stored, accessed, and managed. This session explores the critical role of Flash memory and SSDs in the AI value chain — from performance and scalability to energy efficiency and data integrity. 

High Performance Polymers in Secondary Fluid Network applications

The power consumption of the AI generation of chips now requires use of direct liquid cooling to cold plates.
The DLC closed loop in the white space, using usually presently MPG25% must be designed to supply enough coolant for the row and individual rack densities.
However development of these chips is ongoing and power consumption will only increase. So how do we design a physical infrastructure
to cope with these forthcoming designs for the next 4-6 years?
The piping for the DLC is mission critical to the performance of the AI chip the design of the piping layout must account for redundancy to ensure complete security and peace-of-mind for the end clients.

Fiber-Enhanced GNSS Distribution: Achieving Precision, Reliability, and Scalability
 

This presentation highlights the challenges and solutions found during the implementation of a timing application in a data centre environment. The focus is on the reception and transport of the GNSS signals to the timing receiver. To bridge the distance between the antenna and the timing receiver, the well-known transmission of satellite signals over optical fibre commonly called RF over Fibre can be used. This technology allows longer distances between the antenna and the timing receiver with virtually no loss of signal quality.

Deploying water mist in the dynamic and fast growing data center industry: an outlook from liquid cooling to li-ion batteries

The data center landscape is evolving faster than ever, while fire protection standards struggle to keep pace. New layouts, liquid cooling, and lithium-ion batteries—combined with rising power densities from 5kW to over 150kW per rack—are reshaping risk scenarios. Traditional sprinklers can no longer meet the demands of next-generation infrastructure. This presentation explores how low-pressure water mist can address these challenges, sharing project insights and design strategies for resilient, scalable protection.

European Outlook - in the age of ”BragaWatts”

AI is transforming Europe’s digital backbone and driving unprecedented energy demand. Data centers, once unseen, are now critical to innovation and sovereignty. This shift requires bold action: smarter infrastructure, sustainable power, and cross-border collaboration. The Nordics have a unique opportunity to lead by example—combining green energy with advanced technology to shape Europe’s digital future.

The Friendly Neighbor

As data center demand continues to rise, Europe struggles with power shortage and EU puts pressure on reporting, transparency and energy efficiency we as an industry need to act. We need to get smarter, we need to build more efficient, we need to operate more sustainably – in short, we need to contribute to the society in all ways we can. And there are several ways to do it!

Datacenter Changemakers Sweden

Episode 2

Our live talk show with the people who are changing the face of the data center industry, hosted & moderated by Liselotte Lyngsø, Founder of Future Navigator.

In this episode:

Managing the staffing shortage

A closer look at the critical role of Project Management Consultancies (PMCs) in datacenter development and the challenges they face in today's market. As the industry grapples with a shortage of skilled labour, we examine practical solutions and innovative approaches to overcome these obstacles.

Guests:

Dennis Wolbrink – Business Unit Manager Europe, EPI
Noel McCleave – Director - Project Controls, Fluor Corporation

Powering a Green Future

Sweden is transforming its energy grid into one of the world’s smartest and most sustainable systems – and data centers are becoming a key part of that shift. As the country expands renewable energy production from wind, hydro, and solar, data centers are evolving from passive power consumers into active grid partners. Through innovations in heat recovery, flexible demand response, and real-time energy balancing, these digital hubs are set to stabilize the grid, reduce waste, and accelerate Sweden’s path to a net-zero future.

Guests:

Jonatan Raber – Founder & CPO, Fever

Svante Horn – CEO & Co-Founder, Scandinavian Data Centers 

Have a look at last year's Datacenter Forum Stockholm!

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