Laurens has built the company from a humble start to what it has become today, with top-notch data centers in 5 different locations in Belgium. His daring choices have made LCL a leader in the industry, not in the least when it comes to sustainability. Laurens added that to his agenda well before anyone else and continues to lead the way. Moreover, he is a people person, deeply caring about those around him. All this and more make LCL one of Belgium's leading data center companies today.
LCL won the 'Data Center Services Company of the Year' award for the second year in a row. To use the jury's words:
"LCL is a name like clockwork in Belgium and that clock is also delivering excellent work on every front. At the same time, the company is strongly committed to ESG goals and communicates clearly about its activities. It wins with flying colours over the hyperscalers of this world."
Laurens van Reijen has a clear vision of LCL's pioneering role in the Belgian data center sector. “Our focus remains on sustainability, which we want to achieve through our ESG plans. However, we will also further develop our services and invest even more in the physical security of our data centers. It goes without saying that we will continue to expand our workforce to support our growth”, according to Laurens
The data center is at the heart of the digital economy and only the most advanced and modern data centers can offer an answer to the ever accelerating needs of technological innovations. As an infrastructure partner, they must also ensure that companies can switch quickly and scale up where necessary in order to bring new services to the market.
Laurens van Reijen has a clear vision of LCL's pioneering role in sustainability in the Belgian data center sector. In 2021, LCL Data Centers has signed the Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact (CNDCP), has acquired the Cofely Data Solutions Centre with solar park in Gembloux and committed itself to the most ambitious objective of the SBTi.
LCL has been nominated for the “Trends Gazelles” Flemish-Brabant 2022, edition large companies.
Our company received this nomination based on our continuous growth over the past five years in terms of cash flow, staff and added value. We’ve an organic growth of about 10% every year. In 2020 we even grew 20%! Our next step is our brand-new hyperscale offering, for large cloud-operators or other hyperscale accounts.
A data center is the hub of the digital economy, and only the most advanced and modern data centers can provide an answer to the ever-accelerating innovations in the technology world. As an infrastructure partner, we ensure that companies can move quickly and scale where necessary to bring new services to market.
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