Salute, a renowned leader in comprehensive data centre services, has announced its strategic acquisition of Northshore. As a sustainability-driven global engineering and consulting firm, Northshore is celebrated for its pioneering technology, notably their proprietary platform, Seastack. This platform marks a breakthrough in utilising AI and automation to enhance data centre sustainability and optimise facility operations.
Through this acquisition, Salute aims to integrate Seastack’s advanced technological innovations alongside Northshore’s sustainability expertise to bolster Salute’s data centre lifecycle services. By employing intelligent AI-powered data analysis and automation, Salute addresses the critical demands of data centre operators worldwide. This integration promises advancements in sustainability, heightened energy efficiency, and bolstered regulatory compliance.
“By integrating Northshore’s AI-driven platform into Salute’s full data centre lifecycle services, we are uniquely positioned to solve the industry’s most pressing operational and sustainability challenges," stated Erich Sanchack, CEO of Salute. He elucidated, “As automation becomes essential and sustainability mandates intensify, from enterprise customers to government entities, Salute stands as the indispensable partner with the technology, methodology, and expertise to lead the future of data centre operations.”
Building on its global reputation since 2018, Northshore has delivered data-driven sustainability solutions to data centre operators, ranging from hyperscalers to colocation and enterprise providers. With an expansive presence in APAC, Northshore significantly augments Salute’s global reach, broadening its capability to serve clients wherever they operate.
Matt Renner, Northshore’s founder and CEO, asserted the importance of maintaining the integrity of Northshore's founding vision: "We founded Northshore to address a gap in the market - the need for data-driven sustainability engineering. Our mission has always been to make a more sustainable internet, and our partnership with Salute will give us the opportunity to achieve this vision at a much more impactful, global scale.”
Renner further elaborated, "We are not just scaling our expertise. We are arming our talented engineers, program managers, data scientists, and sustainability experts with Salute's platform and vast network of data center leaders to sustainably transform data center operations worldwide."
Bolstering its recent acquisitions, such as Advanced Data Center Consulting Group in the Americas and Keysource in EMEA, Northshore enhances Salute's comprehensive lifecycle offering, imbuing it with advanced sustainability and engineering capabilities.
