Knut has headed Green Mountain since the company inception in 2010. He has been responsible for the development of the company from the conceptual stage and now as an established operator - the largest and fastest growing in the Norwegian market.
The first datacenter in Stavanger, Norway opened for business in May 2013 and the second centre in Telemark opened in May 2014. Both centres focusing on high quality design, high security, world class efficiency and utilizing only renewable energy.
Prior to Green Mountain he was the CEO of the Norwegian technology company, AKVA group, over many years. He developed the company from being a small Norwegian company into a large global operator with offices in 12 countries across the globe and leading in its field. He was responsible for public listing the company 2006. His engineering degree is from the University of Stavanger in Computer science and cybernetics.