About Green Horizon
Green Horizon is developing an energy-efficient data center platform in Southwest Norway, offering scalable colocation and build-to-suit solutions designed for ultra-low-carbon compute and heat reuse. We combine renewable hydropower, energy efficiency-led design and symbiosis partnerships to support responsible growth in today’s power-hungry economy.
At a glance
Scalable colocation and build-to-suit solutions
Data centers attractive to hyperscalers, AI and cloud providers, large enterprises and network providers
Land and power secured for expansion in the connectivity-rich Southwestern region of Norway
Abundant hydropower to meet power-intensive customer demand
Key partnerships with BHP, BSE3d, CBRE and Holon
Symbiosis partnerships established to enable heat reuse — including with the largest greenhouse owner in Norway
Building the Next Generation of Clean Compute
Compute demand is growing exponentially — and with it, the responsibility to deliver capacity that is cleaner, smarter and genuinely futureproof. We founded Green Horizon to redefine what a data center platform can be: powered by renewable hydropower, engineered for high density energy efficiency, and designed to return value to local communities through meaningful heat reuse partnerships.
Powered by Norway’s clean energy, cool climate and resilient operating environment, we help customers deploy with confidence, improve efficiency and reduce operational impact.
What sets Green Horizon apart
Designed for climate positive compute
Renewable hydropower as the foundation for cleaner, power-intensive workloads.
Heat reuse enabled by design
Symbiosis partnerships that enable waste heat to be exported to Norway’s largest greenhouse owner and other local businesses.
A scalable Western Norway footprint
Land and power secured for phased growth and multi-site strategies.
Partnership-led delivery
Proven technology and operations partners to maintain high standards and customer-ready execution.
Leadership Team
We operate with a streamlined senior team and collaborate with specialist partners across design, delivery, operations and sustainability. That keeps decision-making fast, standards high, and execution grounded in proven expertise.
Richard Rettedal
Chief Executive Officer
Richard leads Green Horizon’s vision and development strategy, shaping the company’s growth across Western Norway and ensuring the platform aligns with the needs of AI, cloud and enterprise customers.
Founder of Green Horizon Data Centers focusing on sustainable digital infrastructure
Norwegian executive specializing in corporate management, finance, and green-energy infrastructure
Held CEO and CFO roles for Sekal AS, an oil and gas technology company
Previously served as Board member of Sparebanken Norge, one of the largest savings banks in Norway
Paul Besley
Chief Commercial Officer
Paul leads commercial strategy and customer engagement, helping cloud, AI and enterprise customers plan deployments and secure scalable capacity with the right technical and commercial structure.
Robust background in data center operations, technology, finance and real estate.
Extensive experience managing large-scale data center projects across Europe.
Proven track record of building and leading high-performing sales teams.
Deep industry connections to drive commercial success for Green Horizon.
Partners
We work with a trusted partner ecosystem to accelerate delivery and maintain high standards — from technology and engineering to operations and maintenance.
Data center design
M&E technical design
Data center operations support with extensive experience across the Nordics
Architectural and Planning advice
Ready to plan capacity in Norway?
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