Coming from the financial sector, Michel founded and invested early on in innovative HPC companies, set up new data centers across Europe, and was an early adopter of innovative liquid cooling concepts. As managing director of the cloud division of a publicly listed company, he successfully built up the AI cloud business. Today, Michel brings his extensive experience to his role as CEO of Polarise, where he is developing the first sustainable and sovereign AI factories from Europe and for Europe - for an independent and sustainable future.