Partner opportunities · Launch phase 2026–2027
dcently is building a sustainability intelligence platform for the data centre industry. Through the dcently Sustainability Pulse, research, industry dialogue, media and collaboration across the European data centre ecosystem, we create a recurring platform for understanding the sustainability questions shaping the industry's future.
The dcently Sustainability Pulse will launch around TechEx Europe Amsterdam in October 2026, but it is designed as an ongoing intelligence format – not a one-off event survey.
Our ambition is to engage at least 100 respondents every month, with particular focus on data centre operators, Heads of Sustainability and ESG, and professionals across infrastructure, technology, energy, investment, research and policy.
We prioritise relevance over reach. Our goal is to engage the people closest to the decisions shaping data centre development and create intelligence that becomes more valuable over time.
Recurring visibility towards a highly relevant European data centre audience through the Sustainability Pulse platform, dcently.com, selected LinkedIn communication, insights and digital content.
dcently collaborates with industry and ecosystem organisations, helping relevant questions, findings and conversations travel beyond our own channels.
Partners can contribute a limited number of questions on topics of specific relevance. All partner questions are reviewed and approved by dcently for neutrality, relevance and methodological integrity.
Selected partnership levels include tailored briefings and presentations, with analysis of partner-relevant questions, stakeholder perspectives and selected segments where sample size and confidentiality allow.
dcently has a monthly video interview format with Data Centre Solutions, creating a recurring channel for sustainability perspectives, emerging issues and ecosystem insights.
Launch phase 2026–2027
€2,500
Best suited for: For organisations seeking relevant industry visibility without a larger strategic commitment.
€5,000
Best suited for: For organisations that want visibility plus structured intelligence around questions relevant to their business.
€10,000
Best suited for: For organisations with strategic questions they want to explore with operators, sustainability leaders and the wider ecosystem.
From €25,000
For a small number of organisations that want to support the development of dcently itself, rather than only an individual Pulse. Founding Partners help enable the growth of dcently as an independent sustainability intelligence platform during its formative phase.
Best suited for: Founding Partner status will be limited to a small number of organisations joining dcently during its launch phase.
€40,000–50,000 / 12 months
For an organisation that wants to take the principal commercial partner position during dcently's launch and development phase.
Our independence
The ecosystem shapes the questions. dcently independently analyses the intelligence. Our partners help make the platform possible.
Partners may contribute perspectives and selected questions, but dcently retains full strategic, editorial, methodological and analytical independence. Partnership provides visibility, dialogue and intelligence – not control over research or conclusions.
dcently partnerships combine relevant visibility, participation and intelligence.
Partners gain exposure towards professionals shaping data centre sustainability, an opportunity to contribute selected questions of business relevance, and access to insights generated through the dcently Sustainability Pulse.
Turning industry intelligence into better decisions for decent data centre development.