George Nolis is Founder & CEO of Lancom, Greece’s largest independent cloud and data center operator and one of the leading integrated digital infrastructure providers in Southeast Europe. Headquartered in Thessaloniki, Lancom stands out for its fully owned, end to end ecosystem, combining a nationwide proprietary fibre optic network with multiple privately owned data centers, ranging from established fibre centric facilities to a new generation of AI ready environments.

He is also the founder of Balkan Gate, the first AI ready data center in Greece, purpose built with a power first architecture to meet the exponential demands of AI compute, positioning the country as a strategic gateway between Europe, the Balkans, the Middle East and North Africa.

A self made entrepreneur since 1996, he has consistently anticipated and shaped key shifts in the digital infrastructure landscape, from fibre networks to AI ready ecosystems. Today, he is a recognized voice on the evolving economics of AI ready platforms, focusing on how strategically positioned operators enable new digital corridors and strengthen Europe’s increasingly distributed AI footprint.