As Hutier steps down, the Datagrid team thanks him for his contribution to the business.
Dhalluin enters the role having previously served as CEO of Intelia Group, a integrator of telecom and IT solutions in the Pacific Islands region. She also holds a master’s degree of telecommunication engineering from Esigetel Paris University.
“Datagrid New Zealand data centre is going to be a great asset for Southland, taking advantage of renewable energy abondance and natural climate conditions that will make Datagrid the most competitive data storage solution in Oceania,” said Dhalluin.
“It’s definitely a great challenge for the team and for myself, and we are excited and fully committed to making this project happem.”
Datagrid New Zealand plans to build a carbon neutral hyperspace data centre in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand and has already completed site acquisition of a 43-hectare plot located in Makarewa.
“Perrine Dhalluin and I have been working together at Intelia for the past 10 years, she is a natural leader and I am very happy she has accepted to lead Datagrid New Zealand,” added Rémi Galasso, founder of Datagrid.
Announced in 2020, Datagrid plans to build a new $500 million (A$700 million) hyperscale data centre in South Island, New Zealand as well as the development of two new subsea cables.
