AI Magazine May 2025 | Page 78

ERIC LISICA
KEVLINX DATA CENTERS

“ We’ re building our first facility with a group of highly experienced professionals”

ERIC LISICA, COO, KEVLINX
“ For us, it doesn’ t matter whether we need to deliver 1MW, 2MW or even up to 6MW to a single data hall,” Eric Lisica says.“ With AI booming, it’ s essential that we can provide customers with precisely the level of power they need.
“ That’ s what sets us apart. Retrofitting legacy facilities is often time-consuming and costly, while we build for tomorrow’ s needs from day one – with sustainability at the core, evidenced by our climateconscious-by-design approach.”
A key sustainability target for Kevlinx is to measure and track all embedded carbon in its projects from the outset through its use of Lifecycle Carbon Assessments( LCA) – a crucial step in its mission to become carbon neutral by 2030.
All vendors provide Environmental Product Declarations( EPDs) where possible, with each EPD giving

ERIC LISICA

TITLE: COO
Eric Lisica is one of Europe’ s most innovative and experienced experts in customer-focused sustainable data centre design, operations and management, with a track record in hosting, data centres and telecommunications that goes back to the 1990s. Working with Eric Boonstra, he built up the EvoSwitch business in the Netherlands and US as Director Operations. He then went on to direct operations across the Iron Mountain Data Centers footprint in Europe when they acquired EvoSwitch in 2018. Before EvoSwitch, he held senior operational roles with, among others, PSINet, Interoute and Verizon Terremark.
As COO, Eric’ s main focus is on the smooth and standards-driven sustainable build and operation of the Kevlinx data centre platform in Europe, including the quality of construction and a comprehensive third-party compliance programme.
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