Samu Paajanen

Mantas Kukenys is part of the team driving the transformation of #Danske infrastructure by overseeing the migration to Amazon Web Services (AWS), which plays a key role in the bank’s ongoing digital evolution. Read on to learn more about his team's journey and insights from this ambitious project. 👇

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Finnish Tivi Magazine reports that we’ve launched a new Data & AI business unit in Finland, and appointing Ergin Tuganay to lead it. As organizations face growing demand to turn #data into real business value, we’re combining our expertise in #consulting, #modern #platforms, #data #engineering, AI/ML, and #analytics. This new unit will support our clients across industries to innovate smarter, scale faster, and stay competitive. 👉 Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/dAhjYj5R

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In this NordWise — a series where Nord Security experts share bytes of wisdom — Neringa Kudarauskiene, the Head of Growth at NordVPN, talks about what real growth looks like, and the mindset that gets you there 🧠 “The biggest wins rarely come from doing more of what already works. They come from trying what no one else is willing to try. As a Head of Growth, I’ve learned that relying on predictable paths and strategies leads to predictable results — and that’s not always enough. Growth isn’t about sticking to ‘what always worked best.’ It’s about boldly exploring overlooked opportunities, combining creativity with courage, and being willing to try what others won’t. Real growth happens where bold ideas meet fearless execution.” #NordSecurity

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🇫🇮 Hei Finland! Finnish customers and partners are striding ahead with Google Cloud AI. From cutting IT costs by 43% (Haminan kaupunki - Hamina Town) to boosting simulation accuracy (Quanscient) and analytics performance (DNA Oyj), Finnish customers are driving impact with Google Cloud. While partners like Digia Plc are strengthening their capacity for AI and data solutions through technical certification. Join us at the AI Day in Helsinki on October 7 to see how our Finnish customers are innovating with Google Cloud → https://goo.gle/4m5k5C5

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National 6G roadmap has been released 📡 The Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications has published the national 6G roadmap in English! The original, Finnish-language roadmap was published in June 2025. The national 6G roadmap sets milestones for the development and implementation of next-generation mobile communication technologies in the 2030s. Finland’s goal in the 2030s is to remain a pioneer in mobile networks and network technologies. The roadmap also sets six other goals: 🔹built-in safety and security for 6G technology and regulation; 🔹 regulation and frequency availability to support the development and early implementation of 6G services; 🔹 Finnish businesses gain significant foothold in different sectors of 6G; 🔹 Finland boosts its influence in international standardisation of 6G; 🔹 Finland remains a pioneer in the research, development, and innovation of 6G technologies; 🔹 6G promotes sustainable development and energy efficiency. 👉 Read more from our press release: https://lnkd.in/dSbZz6vy #6G

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💡 The buzz around Sweden, Superintelligence Computing Systems top 5, sovereign infrastructure and data-centers and is the future of intelligence actually more of an energy play? Reporting from day 2 of RAISE Summit here in Paris together with Alexander Brunner for AI Sweden. We have seen Anton Osika and Fredrik Cassel  talk about Lovables "insane growth curve", we heard Henri Delahaye talk to Eric Schmidt about what he believes the near future looks like and especially the need for energy, listened in on Andrew Feldman about the future of chips and AI-platforms plus a lot more. Some thoughts on this: ⚡ Is the future of intelligence an energy play? Intelligence is becoming an energy business. The next frontier in AI leadership seems not to be about model size or parameter count, but access to electrons. Mentioned several times: Training and serving modern foundation models is essentially the art of turning terawatt-hours into tokens. Data-centers already consume 1 to 2 % of global electricity (415 TWh in 2024) and the International Energy Agency expects demand to more than double to ~945 TWh by 2030 (roughly Japan’s entire power use today) with some estimates that 30% of global power supply will go to data centers. The World Economic Forum warns that, on current trajectories, AI alone could breach 1 000 TWh as early as 2026. And power grids are feeling it, mostly from data-centers and higher demand=higher prices if supply doesn't follow, or? Nordic data-centers demand is forecast to jump 110 % by 2030, straining even our fairly robust grids. 🇪🇺 Why sovereign AI infrastructure is a new strategic depth. Jensen said a couple of months ago that “No country can afford to outsource its intelligence" and if electrons and data are the currency of intelligence, owning and controlling them matters. What is somewhat clear is that a lot of US AI-companies (neoclouds + others) come to Europe unprepared. Europe’s AI Act and GDPR make data-locality non-negotiable: hence Google and Microsoft's regional Swedish cloud regions are of course a response to this. The EuroHPC is funding a network of public “AI Factories” so European can tap into GPUs and hopefully build applications that matters for Europe. What few talks about is the industrial advantage of Europe and especially Sweden. 🇸🇪 Sweden’s once-in-a-generation opportunity Even though we have heard a lot of bashing on Sweden's position in the AI-race, we start this part of the race miles ahead: nearly 99 % of our electricity already comes from low-carbon sources: hydro, nuclear and wind with the potential to build green data centers (hint: EcoDataCenter). Add a sub-arctic climate and cold lake water, and you have world-class system. We hear a lot about Silicon Valhalla, and that's good but the real momentum might be in our electricity, access to competence and to advance industry. Using AI to create a more competitive Sweden for the future. I am for sure looking forward to what's coming!

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BIG news for Norwegian AI: Nscale, Aker ASA, and OpenAI are partnering to build Stargate Norway, bringing 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs to Narvik, powered entirely by renewable energy. This represents a significant step toward European AI sovereignty and marks OpenAI's first data center investment in Europe. This means Norway is getting a prominent position in the global AI race. To put this in perspective, this infrastructure investment dwarfs Norway's 1 billion NOK AI research centres. While we are building world-class hardware, we need to urgently match this with investment in people. This massive compute capacity creates a great opportunity, but also challenges. Do we have enough AI researchers, engineers, and practitioners to utilise it? Will it be built in a way that environmental friendly and democratic to access? Key priorities for Norway I see: -Dramatically scale up AI education programs -Attract international talent while growing local expertise -Ensure our billion NOK research centres create projects that can leverage this infrastructure -Build bridges between academia and this new compute resource -Ensure that it is based on clean and renewable energy The infrastructure is coming. Now we need to make sure we have the talent to make the most of it. Without that, we risk having a Ferrari with no qualified drivers (or let others drive it for us and we just watch). I appreciate NVIDIA reaching out with this before the announcement. It shows they are serious about engaging with the Norwegian AI community early. I think to really maximise Stargate Norway's potential, we should: -Create a national GPU allocation program that allows to reserve specific compute hours for Norwegian universities and startups at subsidised rates -Partner with the facility to train Norwegian AI engineers on large-scale GPU computing, not just theory -Launch "Compute for Climate" and use excess capacity to advance Norwegian climate research and green tech innovation -Leverage this as a hub for collaborative projects across Scandinavia, pooling our collective talent -And, finally, with this we might have the compute to train Norwegian/Nordic multimodal models that reflect our values and needs This infrastructure could transform Norway from an AI consumer to an AI producer. But only if we act strategically to ensure it serves our national interests, not just commercial ones. Whether these initiatives materialise depends on getting concrete commitments beyond vague promises of "priority access" and "surplus capacity". #AI #Stargate #Europe #Norway #KI Karianne Tung Norges forskningsråd Digitaliserings- og forvaltningsdepartementet Simula Research Laboratory Simula Metropolitan Center for Digital Engineering (SimulaMet)

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