Datacenter dames

Author: Maja

  • DataCenter Dames at Arendalsuka 2026

    DataCenter Dames at Arendalsuka 2026

    Ideas are easy. To make action out of ideas is (usually) harder.

    When I (Maja) first started talking about datacenter dames, people were enthusiastic an applauded the initiative. Being my own largest critic, I always had the gnawing doubt that this reception was just polite cheering, rather than heartfelt support.

    So we had a meeting with Norwegian datacenter industry. And any thoughts of “polite cheering” vanished.

    Have you ever had a thing you should do, and you envision something like a flower growing – and then someone just dump a lot of fertilizer on it and it just sprouts out larger and quicker than you thought was possible?

    It might just be the industry – we are in an industry where things change fast and you need to have people readily adapting change – but after the meeting with NDI, we now have both a official date for the founding meeting (September 21st, 2026), and an actual spot on Arendalsuka.

    And in return? The expectation that we start the organization and act as door openers and watchdogs.

    DCDames at Arendalsuka:

    Wedensday August 12th at 10-11

    Place: Annen Etage (Langbryggen 3, Arendal)

    Round table meeting at Arendalsuka for everyone to join in on the brainstorming and the discussion. We have a lot of ideas, but ideas need… fertilazer, nurture.

    And people – you are that nurture.

  • Let’s start Datacenter Dames!

    Datacenter dames is an initiative started on a rooftop in early summer 2026. On an inpulse, Maja bursted out “hey, we should start a women networking organization!”, and so here we are.

    The plan is to gather interested parties and create a community for women in the data center industry. Wether you work with infrastructure, software, project management, delivery, finance or legal; we are all a part of a predominantly male business, and we would love to connect to… well, build a network.

    Timeline

    The tentative plan is to hold a start-up meeting at the end of August, where we will decide on bylaws, action plan and create a board.

    We aim to be a non-profit, free organization where everyone is welcome. Our aim is to be an arena for women to find community in the business, to learn from each other and to help each other. In the long run, we would love to administrate some sort of mentorship arrangement or “big sister”-type of connections,

    We need more people to be involved! Do you want to take part in any of the following tasks, send us an e-mail or send Maja a message on LinkedIn

    • Plan and arrange the practical around the start-up event
    • Help find sponsors for the startup-event, or continued work of the organization
    • Be a part of the board
    • Be a part of reaching out to similar organizations for input or collaborative initiatives
    • Discuss the future action plan for the organization
    • Make a logo for DC dames
    • Or just be a general hangaround? (If there are enough of us, we might even be able to do some social networking during the summer)

    Wanna join? Or at least get an e-mail when we know exact time and date for start-up meeting? Leave your details on this list, and we’ll invite you to the startup-meeting AND potential social gatherings before this.