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Elaborating on his role, he says:“ I am responsible for Telia’ s data centre operations for business customer and public-sector organisations.”
He describes his background as long and varied, noting:“ I have worked for many years across different roles, moving into the ICT field in the early 2000s.” His career in ICT began in Finland’ s new-media scene at Satama Interactive. Since 2013, he has worked directly in the data centre sector, following years in university education and software companies.
A foundation of national infrastructure Telia’ s flagship facility, the Telia Helsinki Data Centre in Pitäjänmäki, is widely regarded as the largest open data centre in the Nordic countries. Since opening in 2018, it has become a cornerstone of Finland’ s digital infrastructure, with an investment of around € 150 million( US $ 176m) creating more than 30,000 square metres of technical space capable of accommodating close to 200,000 servers.
Its importance extends far beyond scale. In today’ s digital economy, data centres fulfil the role traditionally held by utilities such as electricity or water, supporting banking, logistics, healthcare, communications and public administration.
Kari speaks candidly about the responsibility.“ We have discussed within our organisation, including at the highest levels, that we keep society running,”
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