Europe data center providers urged to act pragmatically

The European Business Review published an opinion article by Tatu Tuominen, Director of Public Affairs at atNorth, arguing that Europe’s data center providers should respond pragmatically to geopolitical pressure.

• The article calls for risk-based, locally grounded decisions rather than political posturing, especially around sovereignty, AI infrastructure, and European colocation/cloud choices.
• It says Nordic locations are well suited for AI megafactories because of renewable power, cooling economics, and existing facilities already in development or operation; it also argues for investment in skills, federation, and demand-side capability instead of trying to build a European AWS/Google/Microsoft.