nLighten Appoints Christophe Thioux as Chief Commercial Officer

Amsterdam, 04.06.2025 – nLighten, a pioneering digital infrastructure platform developing and operating innovative edge data centers across Europe, is pleased to announce the appointment of Christophe Thioux as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). As the newest member of the company’s executive leadership team, Christophe will be responsible for revenue growth, scaling commercial operations and driving customer engagement. As nLighten continues to redefine the future of sustainable, sovereign edge infrastructure through the expansion of its datacentre network across Europe, he will also manage its go-to-market strategies and wider ecosystem development.

With more than two decades of leadership experience in the digital infrastructure space, Christophe has a proven track record in driving growth and innovation within the datacentre sector. His most recent position was as Vice President of Sales (EMEA) at Equinix, where he played a key role in developing new market segments, building deep-tech ecosystems, and advancing cloud and AI-ready infrastructures. His career also includes senior positions at Cisco WebEx and active involvement in the startup ecosystem as a board member of French Tech Amsterdam.

Based in Amsterdam, Christophe will oversee commercial teams across all current and upcoming nLighten markets.

Christophe Thioux, CCO at nLighten, commented: “I’m thrilled to join nLighten and contribute to its bold mission of bringing digital infrastructure closer to the user. As edge computing becomes a cornerstone of Europe’s digital future, nLighten is uniquely positioned to enable innovation with agility, sustainability, and sovereignty at its core.”

Harro Beusker, CEO and Co-Founder of nLighten, said: “We are very happy to welcome Christophe to the leadership team. He is a seasoned leader with a proven track record in scaling high-performing sales organizations across Europe, and is joining nLighten at a critical time as we scale our European presence and respond to the accelerating demand for local, reliable and sovereign digital infrastructure. ”