The Net Zero Innovation Hub, DTU, Google, and the Danish Data Center Industry are proud to announce the winners of the Net Zero Start-Up Hub Pitch Event, held today as part of Nordic Data Center Week and Fredericia Talks. CMBLU won the top prize of €10,000 and 8 companies were selected to join the Start-Up Hub incubation program.

How do we build the digital and green infrastructure Denmark will need - at the same time? That question set the frame when the Danish Data Center Industry (DDI), together with Business Esbjerg and ProVarde, brought municipalities, the energy sector, public authorities and the data centre industry together in Esbjerg to kick off Nordic Data Center Week. The day pointed to Western Denmark as a place where a new model for the interplay between energy, digital infrastructure and local growth can take shape.

Googles annoncering af en investering på mindst 13 mia. euro i AI- og digital infrastruktur i Finland viser, hvordan den digitale og grønne omstilling kan gå hånd i hånd. Mens vi i Danmark diskuterer, hvordan store elforbrugere skal prioriteres i et presset elnet, viser Finland en anden side af ligningen: Digital infrastruktur kan også være med til at udløse investeringer i energi, net, lagring og lokal økonomi.