 Welcome to JSA TV live the newsroom for telecom and data center professionals. I'm Bart Mitchell coming to you today Live from PTC 2023. We're here in beautiful Waikiki Hawaii and you've traveled a long way. My next guest here is Kim Ginellius Founder and Chief Commercial Officer at Verne Global Finland. So thank you for joining us Thank you very much for having me a pleasure to be here. It's always nice to see you I saw you just a couple months ago in London and we were chatting at that time about your new Brand for your the new name of your company. Can you talk a little bit about Verne Global Finland and your focus? Sure, absolutely so Verne Global Finland We have three data centers in Finland and Previously we were called Fikolo Thanks to the acquisition last year by digital online infrastructure We Got the same owners as Verne Global from Iceland as well as Volta data centers in London and Now going forward. We will be using the same brand for all three companies So Verne Global going ahead. Oh, okay good. So we can drop the It's just Verne Global. Yeah And and so can you talk a little bit about you know since you've taken on your new name and you've had this of course Association with with D9. What's that meant for you as an organization and your expansion into new markets? Sure Well, it really it's a big game changer for us This means that we have a platform. We have several data centers. So when we meet customers We have much more opportunities to talk about different kinds of solutions. So in Finland We've been growing with co-location services for our international customers as well as domestic. We do also have Higher stack services for the domestic market But this really gives a stronger proposition when we come for instance to places like PTC and talk to American customers You've got a broader portfolio of co-location services and Thanks to D9 We have you know a strong strategy to also look at the other Nordic. So build a platform across the Nordic So, yeah, that's what we're you know, I'm thinking about in addition to Expanding in Finland. Yes, and I know that I mean from before New days When you were called Fikolo and now of course at Burn Global Finland and and into the future An environment I think has always consistently played an important role for you in the organization You were part of greener data Continue to be part of that. So so tell us about how You know in what way does this this new Transition for you this new evolution help with that Well, we've always focused a lot on sustainability Having for instance gotten the world's first dark green bond for a data center We've been climate neutral certified by a third party for several years already. So we've been focusing on this but maybe digital 9 even further Strengthens this focus into like a this the central theme in the strategy, right? Because a D9 it really comes from the UN sustainability goal Not number nine. So what this means is that we think about sustainability first and It's always the case. So So D9 is focused on a sustainable platform across the Nordics and beyond and Not only in data centers also in connectivity like the subsea and so on so so we think that's a really good match for us and They thought it was a good match for them. That's right It seems like a perfect match. It did right. I know when we were first with you Last year and talking about this announcement that announcement last year it just it just felt so perfect and so Happy to see it evolving with you and of course, you know back to greener data. We've launched today actually We announced the the greener data. I was just thinking is it Monday? Yes, it's Monday Yeah, the greener data a directory which you're you're in and part of as well We're where people globally can connect with organizations like yours that are that are committed to sustainability and sustainable practices within the industry and so Beyond that what you know, what can we sort of expect now that all of this, you know This has been a big initiative for you Just, you know changing brand and and you know some of that re-organization That comes with it. What what can what will you be focusing on next? well we have recently won customers in new areas for instance, so in the Fintech area in in the United States a very major customer So I think You should expect us to go into new areas customer wise And that's also easier now that we've got the platform in across the Nordics and Also, what's happening in the connectivity space? We see that there's going to be more demand for instance for high-performance computing Coming up north. Yeah, so because the environment's cooler, right then you need less power for cooling So it's it's a similar story actually for burn globally in Iceland as in Finland So they've got a new C cable for instance going from Ireland to to Iceland. Okay, and You know, there's challenges with getting capacity in Ireland Yeah, so dropping the latency will Give more possibilities to move the high performance capacity up to Iceland and maybe have a smaller location in Ireland And we can do the same of course with London for instance or with Germany So, yeah, yeah, I see a lot of opportunity in different New sectors. Yeah, that's exciting and I and I it all it'll be interesting to see it all come come to fruition and So for those I know you'll be so busy. I'm sure this week meeting with so many folks for those People that are not as lucky as we are to have made the long long journey to to Hawaii. How can they connect with you? well Certainly you can go to our web page Burn global.com thick low.com if you still prefer to use the old name. It will also show me Yeah Go to greener data.net Right connect with the rest of the greener data crowd. So that's where we should really go for the, you know hints on Exactly That's what we all should be focusing on. Yes. Yeah, thank you. Thank you for saying that and and for all the work that you do And So thank you for coming. I know it's you know busy busy rest of the week I'm sure for you, but it's always a pleasure to connect always a pleasure to catch up and see You know where things are at with you and your team and thank you viewers for tuning in to JSA TV live here at PTC 2023 mahalo