(Portus) today announced Jörgen Venot as director of international sales. He is a seasoned international C-Level executive and entrepreneur with extensive management experience and a proven track record in delivering major colocation, HPC and server facility sales. Jörgen has been active in the industry for over 15 years, having joined pan-European colocation operator Etix Everywhere in 2015, where he subsequently became senior vice president of sales and then CEO of Northern Europe. Most recently, he was principal of Data Center Partners, a Munich-based investment boutique focused on colocation and hyperscale server hubs in strategic locations across the DACH region.
Previously he was chief sales officer at Data Castle--a sustainable data centre platform provider based in Germany--having joined the company in 2023 from digital infrastructure services specialists The Data Center Group, where he was head of sales & marketing. Whilst there, he had also served as international sales director of DC Products GMBH, the company’s edge IT security products subsidiary.
I believe my deep knowledge of the international data centre industry will be invaluable in my new role
“I believe my deep knowledge of the international data centre industry from strategic business development to operations, investment, design, planning, and construction will be invaluable in my new role,” said Jörgen Venot. “I am very much looking forward to ensuring we accelerate and maximize existing and new international client business opportunities in the DACH region, as well as in other strategic European edge markets in the future.”
Adriaan Oosthoek, chairman, Portus Data Centers, said: “We are very excited to have Jörgen join us. He is highly experienced and well known and regarded in our industry and will be instrumental in helping Portus successfully deliver on our long-term growth strategy, driving significant sales revenues from strategic international clients in our current and future edge colocation markets.”
Fluent in French, English and German, Jörgen is an iMasons Infrastructure Member. Prior to entering the data center business, he had a successful career in various IT businesses including and 15 years in the business stationery manufacturing industry, at Tompla and Curtis 1000 Europe AG (Taylor Corporation).
About Portus Data Centers
Portus Data Centers is a growing network of secure, state-of-the-art data centres in strategic regional locations in Germany and adjacent countries, offering future-proof capacity and excellent on-site engineering support. These provide low latency regional colocation solutions to enterprise businesses and resilient edge infrastructure optimised for CDN, cloud and telecoms providers delivering high-speed services to local enterprises, government and other users. The Portus group portfolio is presently comprised of IPHH in Hamburg, Portus Data Centers Luxembourg, and Portus Data Centers Munich.
About Arcus
Arcus Infrastructure Partners LLP is an independent fund manager focused solely on long-term investments in European infrastructure. Arcus invests on behalf of institutional investors through discretionary funds and special co-investment vehicles and, through its subsidiaries, currently manages investments with an aggregate enterprise value in excess of €24bn (as of 25 Nov 2024). Arcus targets mid-market, value-add infrastructure investments, with a particular focus on businesses in the digital, transport, logistics & industrials, and energy sectors.
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