In this issue for Q2 2025:
News:- RISE has partnered with Alfa Laval to drive innovation in digital infrastructure.
In media:
- Does Europe risk falling behind the US and China in development of data centres? – Tor Björn Minde guests Plugged In podcast
- The impact of tech refresh on sustainability. – Tor Björn Minde guests DCD Broadcast
- Inside RISE: Sweden's OCP Innovation Hub & The Future of European Data Infrastructure. – Cagatay Yilmaz guests the Open Compute Project podcast
Events- A fantastic ICE partner day 2025.
- Our EU project HEATWISE at E2DC 2025.
- RISE hosted one of the sessions of the European Sustainable Energy Week.
- The RISC Paradigm Shift: Open Hardware Advancements and the Path to Sustainable Digitalisation.
- Tor Björn Minde was in the Telco-To-Tech virtual event by Mobile Europe.
- Supercharging AI - Capitalizing on the growing data centre economy.
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We are excited to share that RISE has partnered with Alfa Laval to drive innovation in digital infrastructure. Led by ICE Datacenter department at RISE, this collaboration aims to leverage the collective expertise of all partners to drive forward technological advancements to benefit the global digital infrastructure industry.
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| In this episode of Plugged In, host Richard Sverrisson spoke to Torbjörn Minde, RISE, and Liam Newcombe, GreenScale, about what’s driving the global boom in data centres, and what Europe needs to do to ensure it doesn’t lag behind. |
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| It has taken a while but the data center industry is finally talking about Tech Refresh strategies for sustainability (and cost optimisation).The session was May 15th by DCD Broadcast in the Energy & Sustainability series. Speakers were Tor Björn Minde, RISE, Rich Kenny, Interact, Amanda Brock , OpenUK and Tam Pledger, DCD. |
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| Cagatay Yilmaz, RISE, guests Open Compute Project podcast in an engaging conversation with Rob Coyle, the Director of Technical Programs at the Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP). We explore the future of European data infrastructure, examine the current EU regulations prioritising data centre energy efficiency, European AI factories, and delve into RISE substantial role within the European data centre ecosystem. |
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| Our yearly partner day was a successful with most of our partners visiting. Through the ICE partner program at RISE we engage our partners in our research and innovation. The objective is to give easy and early access to results, data and resources for research and innovation projects, with the provision to deep access to additional results, lab access, and expertise. |
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| At the E2DC event in July, Çağatay Yılmaz from RISE took the stage to showcase HEATWISE's mission to transform waste heat from data centres into valuable energy for buildings, advancing both energy efficiency and climate resilience. Jon Summers, RISE, highlighted the strong academic and industrial leadership within the HEATWISE consortium. |
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RISE hosted one of the most well-attended sessions on Day 2 of the European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW). The discussion addressed the growing energy demands of AI, projected to reach 4% of global electricity use by 2030, emphasizing the need for responsible monitoring under the EED, targeted attention to GPU energy use, and strategic support for European AI infrastructure and competitiveness.
In the panel we had Robert Nuij from the European Commission, Vincent Jacamon from the International Energy Agency (IEA), Niamh Gallagher from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Anastasia Tsougka from ECOS and Emma Hellström from WWF Sweden Youth. From RISE Tor Björn Minde was in the panel and Isabelle Kemlin was the moderator. |
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| It was an energizing discussion at the Open Compute Project Foundation EMEA Summit 2025 in Dublin. RISE contributed to this inspiring gathering of innovators working to reshape the digital infrastructure landscape with open, efficient, and sustainable technologies. |
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Tor Björn Minde, RISE, participated in the panel "Are ecosystems – data centres, cloud, telcos’ architectures and infrastructure – evolving fast enough to support AI and APIs opportunities?"
The abundance of new capabilities and technologies is turning network operators into techcos, looking to differentiate their services and products on top of common, standardised foundations.
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Isabelle Kemlin, RISE, participated in a panel at the Digital Infrastructure Forum at Infrastructure Investor Network Global Summit, March 17th in Berlin.
The Supercharging AI panel explored investment strategies for data centres, addressed regulatory and technological challenges, and discussed future trends in infrastructure to meet rising AI demand. |
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