AVK to open Netherlands service hub

Author: Simon Rowley

AVK, a supplier of power solutions for data centres and organisations in the UK and Europe, is driving further European expansion by opening a new service hub in the Netherlands. This strategic move will reduce reliance on AVK’s existing service infrastructure in the UK by creating a strong local presence in Europe.

Based in Lelystad – around 30 minutes from Amsterdam – AVK says that the new service hub is the latest example of the company’s commitment to providing the highest levels of in-country support for the increasing number of European data centres as they go live, and throughout their operation.

By offering AVK’s European customers a dedicated, localised service infrastructure, the hub is designed to deliver enhanced service responsiveness, improved logistics, and stronger client partnerships in Europe’s burgeoning data centre market.

When the new service hub opens as scheduled in April this year, companies operating in the energy and data infrastructure sector across Europe can immediately benefit from the greater proximity of AVK service engineers to major data centres, ensuring rapid support and improving operational efficiencies.

The Netherlands hub will consist of warehousing, critical spares and administrative offices for which staff recruitment is currently underway, including for a European Service Manager. Plans are in place for AVK to expand its European presence even further, with the next new hub scheduled to be set up later this year in Frankfurt, followed by other key locations. There is already a service office operating in Dublin, Ireland.

AVK states that the creation of these new service hubs not only illustrates its forward-thinking approach to integrating local infrastructure, but that it also underlines the company’s growth trajectory and its continuing investment in operational excellence. The hubs also support AVK’s long-term plan to roll out its Academy programme to provide further training. AVK academies are dedicated training hubs that play a vital role in developing the next generation of data centre engineers.

Lynsey Partlow (pictured above), Service Director at AVK, says, “For several years, AVK has been expanding its service operations across European territories as a reflection of the significant number of new data centres that have been created. From this summer, we expect to see a lot more data centres commissioned and going live throughout the region, and it is essential that AVK has an active in-country service footprint that enables us to support our partners proactively as they grow.

“Setting up these strategic service hubs will help us enormously with our supply chains, our relationships with clients and our field delivery. Instead of locally-based staff relying on our service infrastructure in the UK, having a European infrastructure will make a massive difference to how we support the increasing numbers of customers setting up new data centres across the continent.”

Looking even further ahead, Lynsey reveals several additional developments in the pipeline for AVK. For example, AVK technicians are to carry out the service and maintenance of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems that the company installs in data centres to minimise harmful emissions from diesel-powered backup generators.

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