Northern Data AG, one of the world’s largest providers of high-performance computing (HPC) solutions, acquires the Montreal, Canada based Kelvin Emtech Group (KE Group) to significantly accelerate Northern Data’s existing strategy of expansion in Canada and across North America.
Aroosh Thillainathan, CEO Northern Data
The KE Group is a specialist with over 25 years of expertise and comprehensive know-how as well as extensive intellectual property in the design, construction, and operation of innovative data centers together with long established relationships with key counterparts. The group will now focus on HPC expansion projects for Northern Data in North America.
The team of more than 30 employees is headed by the Group President and CEO Denis Pelletier, who has around 30 years of experience as an engineer and manager and was responsible for the realization of projects with a volume of USD 1.4 billion at Alstom/GE Hydro, among others.
With the acquisition of the KE Group, Northern Data has gained one of the most important resources for the construction of new sites and can thus accelerate both simultaneous development and construction `of sites in view of the urgent global demand for computing capacity.
Northern Data’s CEO, Aroosh Thillainathan said “We have experienced an extreme growth momentum in recent weeks driven by the high demand for computing capacity and in particular for HPC solutions. In the wake of this growth, we are excited to acquire the Canadian KE Group. The know-how and intellectual property of the KE Group is not only a valuable addition to our expertise but also enables us to accelerate simultaneous development and the establishment of additional locations. Above all in its home market Canada, we see the acquisition as a basis to build up further locations for our high-performance computing solutions in the medium-term.”
Commenting on the acquisition, KE Group’s Pelletier said “We are very pleased to be part of Northern Data Group and to bring our experience and expertise in building and operating HPC data centers in the future. With its newest location in Texas, Northern Data is realizing an impressive project. It is a particular pleasure for us to now actively work side by side with the Northern Data team at other locations in North America.”
