The Vikings
Built by operators. Driven by execution.
Viking Digital Campus brings together experienced leaders across infrastructure, technology, energy, capital markets and more to deliver next-generation digital infrastructure at scale.
A Team Built for Delivery
We are focused on execution—moving from site strategy and permitting through to construction, commissioning, and long-term operations.
Our team combines deep experience across digital infrastructure, energy systems, high-performance compute, large-scale project delivery and much more. We bring together strategic oversight, operational expertise, and technical capability to support the full lifecycle of modern data center development.
Executive Management Team
Providing strategic oversight, governance, and long-term direction.
Tor Langøy
Tor Langøy is a Norwegian entrepreneur with experience across energy, finance and global markets. He began his career at Norway’s largest industrial logistics park, later holding commercial roles at BP and Amoco before becoming a full-time entrepreneur and investor in 2004. He has founded and invested in oil, real estate, and digital asset ventures. He holds degrees from the Norwegian School of Management, the University of Alabama and the University of Florida.
Founder & Strategic Lead
Venkat Thummisi
Venkat Thummisi is a technology entrepreneur and former Head of Core Infrastructure at OpenAI. Founder and CEO of Data Cities, he’s focused on large-scale, AI digital infrastructure. Venkat leads senior teams with extensive data centre and GPU cluster experience, having delivered brownfield conversions, greenfield hyperscale campuses, high-density liquid-cooled deployments and thousands of GPU integrations globally. He holds a Msc in Management and Engineering from MIT.
Board Member
Lauren Selig is a seasoned entrepreneur and investor with over two decades of experience across technology, start-ups, digital infrastructure and media. She founded Shake and Bake Productions and V.A.L.I.S Studios, and has backed or advised companies in VR, blockchain, AI and emerging tech. She also serves on the board of XPRIZE and is active across a broad portfolio of innovative technology and digital-infrastructure ventures.
Board Member
Lauren Selig
David Kippen
David Kippen is a telecoms and technology investor with 25 years’ experience in M&A and private equity, having completed over $30bn in transactions across the US and Europe. He serves on the boards of Irish, Polish and African Infrastructure Companies, represents a major Family Office, and previously worked in technology investment banking at JPMorgan and UBS. He holds degrees from McGill and Johns Hopkins/SAIS.
Board Member
Frank Meehan
Frank Meehan is a tech entrepreneur and investor, best known as a co-founder of SparkLabs Global Ventures and SmartUp.io. A former board member of Spotify and Siri, he has been recognised by Wired UK as one of the top 100 people in tech. He brings deep experience in early-stage technology, digital infrastructure and global venture investing.
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Infrastructure Leadership for AI-Scale Deployment
Venkat Thummisi - Strategic Partner & Infrastructure Lead
Former Head of Core Infrastructure at OpenAI
Experience across hyperscale and AI-native environments
Expertise in GPU cluster deployment and high-density compute
Track record across global data centre infrastructure projects
Brings in-house technical execution capability to Viking campuses
Venkat Thummisi, former Head of Core Infrastructure at OpenAI, is a key partner within Viking Digital Campus, bringing deep expertise in large-scale compute and AI-native infrastructure. His experience spans high-performance data centre environments, GPU cluster deployments, and advanced infrastructure planning for next-generation workloads.
He leads teams of senior operators with extensive experience across leading technology and infrastructure organisations, supporting the design, build, and operation of high-density, AI-ready campuses across the Viking platform.
This integrated capability positions Viking Digital Campus to deliver not only infrastructure, but fully operational AI-ready environments at scale.
Core Execution Team
Delivering development, engineering and operational capability across the platform.
CEO
Joakim Treider
Bjørn Vik
CTO
COO
Joe McCaffrey
Vice President
Reza Zahedi
Knut Gronsberg
Community Director
Built to deliver at scale
Viking Digital Campus brings together the experience, capability and discipline required to deliver next-generation digital infrastructure across the Nordics.