Kim Gunnelius, CCO and Co-Founder of Verne Global Finland (previously Ficolo), provider of sustainable data center solutions for high-intensity computing, continues to make news headlines globally for his company’s data center sustainability efforts. Most recently, Gunnelius  was named one of Capacity’s Power 100 in the magazine’s fifth annual ranking of the telecommunications industry’s leading executives around the globe.

“I am honored to make Capacity Magazine’s Power 100 list,” said Kim Gunnelius. “At Verne Global Finland, we will continue to pioneer a new era of innovation, guiding the future of connectivity and sustainability while delivering cutting-edge, climate-neutral certified data center services that leave a lighter footprint on our planet.” 

Kim joined Verne Global Finland full time in 2017 as Co-Founder and CCO, directing and spearheading the marketing and international sales for the company’s climate-neutral certified data center services.
Gunnelius identified and managed opportunities globally as CCO, ranging from hyperscale to HPC to enterprise, including working with the largest technology companies in the world. Under Gunnelius’ direction, Verne Global Finland achieved carbon neutrality in 2021, several years ahead of competing companies’ targets, and is advancing toward a carbon-negative, climate-positive operation. 

Kim is also a co-author of Amazon best-seller, Greener Data and has been named as a Greener Data Volume Two author. Watch Kim discuss his company’s carbon-negative journey at PTC’23  and ITW.

Congratulations, Kim!

To read the full Capacity Power 100 announcement, click here.