evroc selected as World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer
STOCKHOLM – JUNE 6, 2024. The World Economic Forum (WEF) today announced that evroc has been selected as a 2024 Technology Pioneer, joining some of the world’s most promising start-ups and scale-ups in the WEF Innovator Communities.
The Technology Pioneer community is composed of early-stage start-ups from around the world involved in the development and deployment of new technologies and innovations. In this community, the world’s most innovative technology companies are invited to work with society's foremost political, business and cultural leaders to address issues facing mankind and our planet.
Mattias Åström, founder and CEO of evroc, comments:
“We’re proud to have been selected in this year’s Technology Pioneer cohort. We look forward to engaging with both private and public sector leaders to define the agenda for some of our generation’s most critical topics, such as the clean energy transition and digital competitiveness connected to cloud and AI.”
This is the second time that Mattias Åström has been selected as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer with an innovative company at the center of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. His prior WEF Technology Pioneer Award was in 2015 for Eta Devices providing disruptive energy efficiency for cellular base stations to reduce both energy consumption and the carbon footprint associated with mobile telephony.
More information about this year’s cohort and cutting-edge tech start-ups here: wef.ch/techpioneers24
About evroc: evroc is building a sustainable hyperscale cloud and Europe’s critical AI infrastructure. The company is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with development offices in Sophia Antipolis, France, and London, the United Kingdom. By 2030, evroc will operate 10 hyperscale data centers, employing more than 10,000 people, across Europe. For further information, visit evroc.com.
About the Forum: The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. It was established in 1971 as a not-for-profit foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. It is independent, impartial and not tied to any special interests
The Innovator Communities area group of the world’s most promising start-ups and scale-ups at the forefront of technological and business model innovation. Comprising three sub-communities – the Technology Pioneers, Global Innovators and Unicorns –the Innovator Communities accompany start-ups along their growth journey. The World Economic Forum provides the sub-communities with a platform to engage with public- and private-sector leaders and to contribute new solutions to overcome current crises and build future resiliency. Companies invited to join the Innovator Communities will engage with one or more of the Forum’s centres, as relevant, to help define the global agenda on critical issues.