Frank J. Zachmann is the Managing Director DACH for NorthC – a pan-European provider of regional datacenters delivering most-valued colocation and connectivity services. In his role he is leading the regions overall commercial development with the ambition to follow the sample of the Netherlands, where NorthC has created market leadership in regional colocation from scratch within just a few years after its inception. Frank joined NorthC in 2022, bringing a vast range of international management and consulting expertise around digital infrastructure environments. As a veteran in the Data Center industry, where he started in the late 90s, he had been working on projects of international magnitude. Previous to his engagement Frank gained extensive experience, both on Senior Management Level in Global companies as well as running his own service provider and consultancy business, which won several awards about innovative Data Center solutions. Frank studied economies in Mannheim and holds an MBA of Goethe Business School Frankfurt in cooperation with universities in Shanghai (China), Hyderabad (India) and Durham (USA). He also is serving as a chairman of the DigitalHub FrankfurtRheinMain e.V. – a local partner of the German association of the Internet economy eco e.V. – and internationally supports business for the region as business ambassador for the city of Frankfurt. He is also active in various executive committees.