Fredericia, Denmark / Oslo, Norway, 22 September – The Net Zero Innovation Hub for Data Centers, Invest in Norway, and the Norwegian Datacenter Association today announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon economy in the data center sector.

Fredericia, 21 August 2025 - T he Net Zero Innovation Hub for Data Centers , the leading global consortium of data center stakeholders, including Danfoss , Data4 , Google , Microsoft , Vertiv , and Schneider Electric , has selected hydrogen-fuelled internal combustion engine (ICE) generators as a key technology to accelerate the transition to net-zero operations of the data center industry.

The Net Zero Innovation Hub for Data Centers is proud to announce that it has joined CitCom TEF, one of the European Union’s five new AI Test and Experimentation Facilities (TEFs). With this step, the Hub becomes part of a pan-European effort to accelerate the development of responsible AI and robotics for future cities and communities. This TEF consists of 32 partners in 11 members states,

The Net Zero Innovation Hub welcomes Phinergy as Hub member.

Fredericia, Denmark — The Net Zero Innovation Hub , in collaboration with Danish Data Center Industry , Business Fredericia , and DTU , proudly announces the launch of a dedicated Start-Up Hub in Fredericia, Denmark, a new platform for early-stage companies shaping the future of sustainable digital infrastructure.

This comprehensive report outlines key activities, strategies, and accomplishments of the Net Zero Innovation Hub since its launch in September 2023 through February 2025.

Data Centers as grid assets, heat reuse ready solutions with and without district heating, and clean back-up solutions.The Net Zero innovation hub for data centers hosted a workshop in Amsterdam at Google, where the Hub members presented innovative solutions which will be integrated in pilots in 2025.  During the workshop, hub members were updated on ongoing projects. The ongoing RFI for net-zero data center back-up solutions has delivered multiple clean back–up solutions, which are currently being evaluated. The Heat Reuse team delivered reference designs, ready to be implemented in projects. The Operators aligned the Scope 3 emissions project track, led by Data4.

The Net Zero Innovation Hub has developed an online tool to estimate the value of heat provided by data centers. The tool is intended to support the business development of use cases for data center heat reuse

Danfoss, Data4, Google, Microsoft, Schneider Electric and Vertiv today launched the first RFI of its kind in Europe, intended to accelerate the deployment of innovative solutions which can substitute diesel back-up generators.