During Data Center Week 21-25 September 2026, the industry invites the public, as well as the public and private sectors, to an open dialogue with the communities for which data centers are so essential. Throughout the week, events will take place across Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Iceland.
Activities are planned in close cooperation with local municipalities, educational institutions, and data center operators.
We’re compiling a list of events in Finland on this page.
Our Goals
Public perception of data center in local communities
How can we make data centers more approachable and improve public perception of data centers in local communities?
Education and skills
Skills and education are vital for the data center industry. How can we raise more awareness of the job and career opportunities in this sector?
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Programme in finland
Monday 21.9.
Tuesday 22.9.
Structural Day: Where Data Centre Schedules Are Made
Date: September 22nd, 2026 at 11:00 to 16:30
Location: Nordec Peräseinäjoki, Finland
Discover how structural decisions affect data centre schedules, quality and project execution.
As part of Nordic Data Center Week 2026, Nordec is hosting a focused Structural Day for data centre designers, consultants and developers at its Peräseinäjoki production unit in Finland.
Follow the journey from structural design to sourcing, production and installation readiness, and see first-hand how early decisions influence production and site execution.
Limited number of places available!
Programme
11:00 Lunch & Welcome
12:00 Introduction to Nordec
Jaakko Köninki, Commercial Development Manager
12:30 Nordec sustainability, EPD/ LCA
Lauri Viitala, Project Engineer
13:00 Key milestones in a successful data centre core and shell project
Samu Pokela, Sales Manager, Heikki Alakarhu, Business Area Manager and Sampo Haapoja, Business Area Manager
13:45 Coffee break
14:15 Tour of Nordec’s Peräseinäjoki production unit
15:45 Setting the project up for success: production and sourcing working together
Antti Airaksinen, Director, Sourcing, and Tapio Laarko, Sourcing Specialist
16:15 to 16:30 Closing remarks
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Webinar: Global Careers and Trusted Hiring in the Data Center Era
How Verified Talent and EOR Support Help Companies Hire Worldwide?
Date: September 22nd, 2026 at 1:00pm-1:45pm EEST
Duration: 45 minutes
Format: Remote / webinar
Speakers:
- Donna Bernabe, CEO and Founder, sansaino
- Mai Truong, Marketing & Data Analyst, sansaino
About this session
4.8 million cybersecurity roles sit unfilled globally (ISC2, 2025). Finland alone needs 130,000 new IT hires by 2030. The people who could fill them are often invisible to the companies looking for them, stuck on general platforms that treat a data center engineer the same as a copywriter, or hiring processes that can’t verify who they’re actually bringing on.
This session opens with why that gap exists, then walks through how sansaino works: a live look at building a verified profile, how companies post projects and reach talent directly, and how project-based hiring runs on milestones, escrow, and NDA protection where it’s needed. It closes with a short walkthrough of Employer of Record support, for when hiring means employing someone in a country you don’t have an entity in yet.
Who should attend
IT professionals, independent specialists, job seekers, career changers, women in tech and other underrepresented talent, students entering the field, plus HR leaders, project owners, hiring managers, and enterprise teams sourcing specialized technology talent.
What you’ll walk away with
- A clear view of how verified profiles work on sansaino, and why identity verification is mandatory on both sides
- A live demo of posting a project or finding talent as a company, and building a profile as a specialist
- An understanding of when and how Employer of Record support applies to cross-border hires
- Direct Q&A with sansaino’s founding team
Agenda
- 1:00pm – 1:05pm – Opening and industry context (Donna Bernabe)
- 1:05pm – 1:15pm – Introduction to sansaino (Donna Bernabe)
- 1:15pm – 1:25pm – Live platform demo (Donna Bernabe)
- 1:25pm – 1:35pm – Employer of Record overview (Mai Truong)
- 1:35pm – 1:45pm – Q&A
Wednesday 23.9.
Seminar: Future proof data centers; The Impact of lighting to carbon footprint, energy efficiency and building data integration
Date and Time: September 23, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Location: FAGERHULT, Nauvontie 14, 7th floor, Helsinki
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Webinar: Solving the Data Center Talent Gap: Hiring Internationally Without Opening a Local Entity
Duration: 60 minutes
Format: Remote / webinar
Speakers:
- Donna Bernabe, CEO and Founder, sansaino
- Martin Tillert, Strategic Partnerships Manager, WorkMotion
International Hiring Strategies for Enterprise Data Center and IT Teams
Data center expansion requires speed, technical expertise, and compliance. Yet talent shortages and complex cross border employment laws often slow down growth.
This webinar explores how enterprise data center and IT teams can scale internationally without setting up a local entity. It will show how Employer of Record models reduce compliance risk, simplify payroll and contracts, and enable fast, flexible hiring across borders.
Participants will gain practical insights into international expansion strategies and learn how compliant global hiring can become a competitive advantage.
About this session
Data center and critical IT teams are under increasing pressure to scale fast while facing severe talent shortages across infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, networking, compliance, and AI operations.
Local talent pools are often limited, especially in emerging or fast growing data center hubs. At the same time, opening a legal entity in a new country requires time, investment, and long term commitment. Companies expanding into new markets need flexible, compliant, and scalable hiring models that allow them to:
- Access scarce specialists beyond national borders
- Launch operations quickly
- Build 6 to 18 month project teams
- Test a new market before setting up a local entity
- Reduce employment compliance risk across multiple countries
The Solution: Compliant Global Hiring Without Entity Setup
This session explains how Employer of Record support enables enterprise companies to hire internationally while remaining fully compliant with local employment laws.
Topics covered:
- What an Employer of Record is and when companies should use it
- Hiring across countries without a local entity
- Managing payroll, tax, contracts, benefits, and local compliance
- Contractor vs employee considerations
- Using EOR for data center and critical IT roles
- Converting contractors into compliant employees
- Case examples of international expansion and project based hiring
We will also demonstrate how WorkMotion supports companies in over 160 countries with a fully compliant and scalable global employment infrastructure.
Who should attend
Enterprise companies, data center operators, HR leaders, founders, project leaders, international hiring teams, and professionals interested in compliant global work opportunities.
Agenda
- 1:00pm – 1:05pm – Welcome & Introduction (Donna Bernabe, CEO and Founder, sansaino)
- 1:05pm – 1:45pm – Solving the Data Center Talent Gap (Martin Tillert, Strategic Partnerships Manager, WorkMotion)
- 1:45pm – 2:00pm – Q&A
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Sansaino Webinar: Simple chatbots are a thing of the past
Date: September 23rd, 2026 at 3:00pm-4:00pm EEST
Duration: 60 minutes
Format: Remote / webinar
Speaker:
Andreas Hirschberger – Partner Manager & Alliances, cplace
Andreas Hirschberger is Manager Partner & Alliances at cplace and has been with the company for six years. Over this time, he has built extensive experience in developing and managing partnerships. He is responsible for partner development and support — from acquiring new partners to fostering long-term collaboration — ensuring that partnerships grow sustainably and deliver results. In addition, he supports the company’s go-to-market efforts by closely integrating partners into the sales and market strategy.
About this session
Imagine an AI that doesn’t just know the internet, but deeply understands your projects, your processes, and your company’s workflows.
Experience live how the cplace AI Companion evolves from a personal assistant into a strategic advisor and how a single prompt turns into a board-ready report. No tool-switching. No copy-paste. No more “let me ask the AI and reformat it myself.“
In this webinar, we show you how modern, agentic AI is changing the way large enterprises manage complex project portfolios. Through three realistic scenarios featuring project manager Tom, portfolio lead Sandra, and Marcus building his own domain advisor without code, you’ll see the three knowledge layers of the cplace AI Companion in action. You’ll learn how AI no longer just answers questions, but autonomously synthesizes data and delivers concrete results while you remain the decision-maker. We’ll also address enterprise essentials such as data sovereignty, need-to-know permissions and BYOK.
Target Audience
- Company size: >1,500 employees
- Target industries: Automotive, Pharmaceuticals/Life Sciences, Defense, Suppliers, Energy
- Topics: Replacing complex processes
- Personas: PMO, Head of PMO, Project Leads, Project managers, Business Development, Head of IT, Head of Transformation, Responsible for AI, Portfolio and program managers, Consultants
What you’ll walk away with
- Agentic work in practice from data retrieval to automated report creation
- Build your own advisors role-specific AI specialists in minutes, without an IT ticket
- Enterprise-ready data sovereignty, governance and permissions built in from the start
Agenda
- 3:00pm – 3:05pm – Welcome & Introduction (Donna Bernabe, CEO and Founder, sansaino)
- 3:05pm – 3:45pm – Simple chatbots are a thing of the past (Andreas Hirschberger – Partner Manager & Alliances, cplace)
- 3:45pm – 4:00pm – Q&A
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Thursday 24.9.
Vaisala Data Center Open Door Event
Time: Thursday 24.09, 08:30-12:30
Location: Vaisala campus in Vantaanlaakso (Vanha Nurmijärventie 21, 01670 Vantaa)
Event description: Curious about where one of today’s fastest-expanding sectors is headed?
We’re pleased to invite you to the Vaisala Data Center Open Door Event at our Vantaa campus, on Thursday September 24, 2026. This event offers an inside look at how the data center industry works, the key players shaping it, and what lies ahead. You’ll also have the opportunity to learn more about Vaisala’s solutions for data centers, with a focus on white space sensors and transformer monitoring products, followed by a guided factory tour.
Registration: Complete the pre-registration form to request your place. Please note that availability is limited.
Target audience: end users, contractors, and other stakeholders.
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EATON: Can Data Centers Be Good Grid Citizens?
Date: 24. September 2026
Time: 10:00 CEST
Duration: 30 minutes, with time for question afterwards
Language: English
Data centers are at the heart of digitalization, AI innovation, and economic growth. As demand for computing power continues to rise, so does the discussion around their impact on power systems, grid capacity, and local communities. But what if data centers could contribute to the electricity system rather than simply consume power?
As part of Nordic Data Center Week, Eaton invites you to a 30-minute webinar exploring how modern data centers can play a more active role in supporting a resilient, efficient, and sustainable energy future. In this webinar, we’ll discuss how data centers can evolve from being large energy consumers to becoming active contributors to grid resilience, renewable integration, and a more sustainable energy future.
The session will conclude with a live chat, giving you the opportunity to engage directly with our experts, ask questions and share your perspectives. Participation: Free and open to everyone. Whether you work in the data center industry, the energy sector, policymaking, or simply have an interest in the future of digital infrastructure and sustainable energy systems, we encourage you to join the conversation.
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CSC: Discover Data Centers – open public event
at Kajaani Main Library on 24 September 2026, 9:00 AM–3:00 PM
Did you know that Kajaani is one of Finland’s leading data center hubs? What opportunities does the data center industry offer for students, job seekers and businesses in Kajaani region?
Join us to hear expert presentations on the Kajaani data center ecosystem, as well as education and career opportunities in the industry. You can also explore the LUMI supercomputer through a scale model and an immersive virtual reality experience.
Information sessions in Maria Hall (Maria-sali) at 11:00 AM, 12:00 PM (in English) and 2:00 PM.
Free admission. Welcome!
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