EDCA launch event: the future of Estonia's data center sector
On 25 November, the Estonian Data Center Association opens its doors. Join an expert panel on energy, compute and AI, followed by time to meet the people shaping the industry.
Data centers are becoming core infrastructure for the digital economy, and the questions around them are getting bigger: where the power comes from, how compute capacity is built, and how AI is changing demand. The Estonian Data Center Association (EDCA) brings these conversations together under one roof.
Our launch event is the first chance to meet the association, hear what we plan to do and talk directly with experts from academia, research and industry.
Programme
Panel discussion
Four topics, moderated by Kairi Kõrve
Networking
Open conversation with speakers and guests
Panel topics
Introduction to EDCA and Its Value Proposition
Kairi Kõrve, Mihhail Derbnev – Estonian Data Center Association
Power for AI: Is Estonia Ready for the Compute Economy?
Tarmo Korõtko – TalTech
The Growth of AI and Data Centres: What Can We Learn from Other Countries’ Successes and Mistakes?
Prof. Merja Lina M. Bauters – Aalto University, Tallinn University
AI and Data Centres in Practice: What Does the Client Need and What Does the US Market Expect?
Kristi Pool, Alar Allas – Inspirators!
Speakers
Aalto University, Tallinn University
Research Professor in Digital Transformation & Lifelong Learning at the School of Digital Technologies, Tallinn University, and Docent of Semiotics at the Department of Philosophy, History and Art Studies, University of Helsinki. Previously Research Fellow at Aalto University, Research Lecturer at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences and Associate Professor at HBMeU, Dubai.
TalTech
Senior Researcher, PhD, at the Department of Electrical Power Engineering and Mechatronics, School of Engineering, Tallinn University of Technology.
Who should attend
Data center operators and developers, energy and infrastructure companies, technology and AI businesses, investors, researchers and public sector decision makers: anyone with a stake in how Estonia builds and powers its digital future.
Prepares the panel, sets the questions and leads the discussion.
25.11.2026 · 15:00–18:00
Novotel Tallinn, Kadakas
