Speeches by Piotr Kowalski
Head of Innovation Beyond.pl, a company which provides data center, cloud and Managed Services to customers throughout the European region. The company operates two data centers, and Data Center 2 is the only facility in the EU with the highest level of security confirmed by two independent bodies: ANSI/TIA-942 Rated 4 certification and EN 50600 Class 4 standard. Beyond.pl supports customers on their sustainable digital transformation journey.
Piotr has over 21 years of business and data center market experience in Polish and international organizations. Passionate about product innovation and business development of disruptive technologies, with specific expertise within thermal management (HVAC), industrialized construction and hyperscale data centers. Former Vertiv Global Innovation Office technology scout and CTO Office liaison for EMEA, responsible for the partnership with RI.SE (Research Institutes of Sweden), focused on innovation and research within data center field (fuel cells, immersion cooling, heat recovery, sustainability). Over the course of his career, he has been responsible for leading the design teams of numerous data centers in the EMEA region, including Beyond.pl Data Center 2 in Poznan, Poland.
Piotr’s in-depth knowledge of the industry, years of observation, and active work on challenging and complex infrastructure projects place him among the world’s leading experts in his field. From April 2024 he’s held the position of Managing Director of PLDCA (Polish Data Centre Association). Piotr completed his postgraduate studies, the “LEAD Business Program”, at Stanford GSB University.