With the strategic acquisition, which follows the earlier acquisition of EYP Mission Crucial Services in 2022, Ramboll cements its place as a full-service supplier on the high of the worldwide league of knowledge centre consulting corporations, now with an expanded presence in North America, Europe, and Asia. The ambition is to contribute to decreasing the local weather footprint of the business, which is integral to our digitalised society.
i3 Options Group has sturdy competencies in technique, planning, design and commissioning of knowledge centres and advises purchasers in Europe and Asia in storing and securing their business-critical, digital environments. With the acquisition of i3 Options, an organization primarily based within the UK and Singapore, Ramboll now has tons of of devoted knowledge centre design specialists globally.
“We’re very happy to welcome i3 Options Group’ specialists to Ramboll,” says Peter Heymann Andersen, Group Chief Working Officer of Ramboll. “For greater than twenty years, Ramboll has offered skilled recommendation within the fields of surroundings, water, vitality and development to knowledge centres and helped our purchasers to design, construct and function water and vitality environment friendly options worldwide. At Ramboll we function with the mindset that one hundred pc renewably powered, zero waste knowledge centres are achievable. With i3 Options, we get an organization on board with deep, technical area data inside knowledge centres, which can strengthen our consultancy inside built-in, revolutionary knowledge centre options and strengthen Ramboll’s place on the high of the worldwide league of knowledge centre consulting corporations,” he says.
For Ed Ansett, Founder and Chairman of i3 Options Group, becoming a member of forces additionally gives nice alternatives.
“Changing into a part of Ramboll is a incredible alternative to increase the portfolio of consulting engineering companies to our present, international shopper base, whereas on the similar time bringing our specialist technical experience into Ramboll’s present and future purchasers throughout 35 nations world wide. Ramboll has a robust dedication to fostering a sustainable growth of the information centre sector. This dedication aligns with our personal perception within the significance of minimising the environmental influence of knowledge centres on society,” he says.
The info centre business is rising quickly. Since 2010, international web visitors has expanded 25-fold and international knowledge consumption is predicted to proceed to rise. With knowledge centres and knowledge transmission networks every accounting for 1-1.5 % of world electrical energy use and a couple of % of greenhouse gasoline emissions, enhancing the sustainability efficiency of the sector is extra essential than ever.
