Nordic digital infrastructure and connectivity provider GlobalConnect appoints Uffe Tomasson as its new Group COO (Chief Operating Officer). Tomasson comes from a position as Chief Network Officer at German connectivity provider Deutsche Glasfaser and will assume his new position on April 1, 2023.
Digital infrastructure provider GlobalConnect Group is the first colocation provider in Europe to offer the cutting-edge technology, submerged cooling to its customers, reducing datacenter power consumption for cooling by up to 90%. The next generation cooling technology was recently installed in GlobalConnect’s data center in Copenhagen and will be rolled out to all remaining datacenters based on
Digital infrastructure provider, GlobalConnect Group, expands its Northern European footprint by entering the Finnish fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) market. A pilot project with the objective to explore the Finnish market was initiated in the Helsinki region during 2022. The pilot was a success, as several thousand Finns signed up for fiber-based broadband, resulting in GlobalConnect now fully entering
GlobalConnect keeps expanding its customers base and fiber network rapidly across all its markets in Northern Europe. In 2022, GlobalConnect signed several new contracts, reached new milestones, and announced numerous ambitious initiatives, cementing GlobalConnect’s position as one of Europe’s leading and fastest growing digital infrastructure providers.
To accelerate the execution of growth ambitions and further strengthen collaboration across the Group, leading digital infrastructure and data communication provider GlobalConnect introduces a new organizational design.
GlobalConnect Group is taking its next step in becoming the leading digital infrastructure provider in the Nordics by harmonizing its consumer brands. IP-Only, Homenet and Onefiber will all become GlobalConnect, making it the largest fiber player in the Nordic market towards consumers and enterprises.
Connectivity providerGlobalConnect commits to join the Science Based Targets initiative by submitting its first-ever SBTi targets. GlobalConnect commits to set near-term company-wide emission reductions in line with climate science with the SBTi.
GlobalConnect Group has raised additional financing to fund its ambitious growth plan, as a consortium of Nordic and international banks and financial institutions committed additional Senior Debt Facilities of a total of EUR 1 billion. Sustainability incentives were also introduced with the new facilities, with the effect of lowered interest rate margin upon meeting targets for predetermined sust
GlobalConnect Group grew its customer base while expanding its fiber network across all its markets in this year’s second quarter. Several milestones were reached, and numerous initiatives announced, cementing GlobalConnect’s position as one of Europe’s fastest growing digital infrastructure providers.
Ørsted + ATP have signed an agreement with leading digital infrastructure and connectivity player GlobalConnect to make the North Sea Energy Island a backbone in the future digitisation of Northern Europe and attract large-scale digital investments to Denmark.
GlobalConnect Group continued its growth journey in 2021, while expanding into new markets and finetuning operations across the organization.
GlobalConnect Group has joined the world’s largest initiative for sustainable business and has pledged to align its operations with the ten principles of the UN Global Compact and to report on the progress.
