Colt Data Centre Services Appoints Quy Nguyen as Chief Executive Officer

LONDON, Aug. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Colt Data Centre Services (Colt DCS) today announced the appointment of Quy Nguyen as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately. Nguyen has served as Acting CEO since April 2026, following the retirement of Niclas Sanfridsson. After a comprehensive succession process, the Board of Directors appointed Nguyen as CEO, underscoring its confidence in his leadership and vision for the company's next phase of growth.

Since joining the company in 2016, Nguyen has held a number of senior leadership positions, successfully leading teams across sales and marketing, customer experience, design, and delivery. Most recently, as Chief Sales Officer (CSO), he played a pivotal role in accelerating growth by strengthening the company's commercial strategy and deepening customer relationships. Prior to joining Colt DCS, Nguyen held senior leadership roles spanning finance, strategy, and general management, providing him with broad experience in scaling businesses and delivering sustainable growth.

As CEO, Nguyen will lead Colt DCS through its next stage of growth, with a focus on scaling the company's global platform and supporting customers' rapidly evolving digital infrastructure needs.  With nearly 800MW of capacity under development across key global markets, Colt DCS is well positioned to support growing demand for digital infrastructure driven by continued cloud adoption and the rapid expansion of AI workloads across Europe and Asia.

Tim Cohen, Chairman of Colt DCS, commented:

"Quy has demonstrated exceptional leadership during a period of significant growth and transformation for Colt DCS. His deep understanding of our customers, our people, and our business, combined with his strategic vision and proven track record of execution, made him the outstanding choice to lead the company. As demand for digital infrastructure continues to accelerate globally, we are confident that Quy will build upon our strong foundations and position Colt DCS for continued long-term success."

Quy Nguyen, CEO of Colt DCS, said:

"I am honoured to be appointed CEO of Colt DCS at such an exciting time for our company and industry. We have built a strong track record for delivering world-class digital infrastructure, fostering trusted customer relationships, and executing ambitious growth plans across key markets.

As demand for sustainable cloud and AI infrastructure continues to accelerate, we are uniquely positioned to support our customers' evolving needs through continued investment, operational excellence, and innovation. I look forward to working alongside our talented teams around the world to build on our strong foundations, expand our global platform, and deliver long-term value for our customers, partners, and stakeholders."

About Colt DCS 

We design, build and operate data centres for global hyperscalers and large enterprises.

Our global portfolio includes 15 operational data centres, with an additional 12 sites under development across 9 cities in the UK, Europe, and the APAC region. 

We enable our customers to effectively plan for the growth of their business while also providing them with peace of mind. We provide secure, resilient, well-connected infrastructure with planned future capacity growth potential. We have over 25 years of experience in the data centre industry, delivering on our vision of being the most trusted and customer-centric data centre operator in the market. 

We put the environment at the heart of everything we do by recognising this as a fundamental responsibility towards our planet. That's why we're taking ownership to reduce our environmental impact globally and make sustainability a key strategic driver. As part of our sustainability planning, Colt DCS has set comprehensive near-and long-term Science Based Targets to cut our emissions in line with the SBTi's latest Net Zero Standard.

https://www.coltdatacentres.net 

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Colt Data Centre Services Appoints Quy Nguyen as Chief Executive Officer

SHENZHEN, China, Aug. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AI is reshaping global trade, with digitalisation driving industrial transformation. Cross-border payments, a vital link in trade fund flows, are undergoing efficiency and compliance upgrades. Recently, XTransfer, the World's Leading B2B Cross-border Trade Payment Platform, hosted China's foreign trade industry annual mega-event, XTransfer Summit 26, in Shenzhen, gathering over 4,500 trading companies, 50+ top banks and financial institutions, and industry experts to explore AI-driven opportunities.

The summit highlighted AI's role in enhancing payment security and efficiency. Bill Deng, Founder and CEO of XTransfer, remarked, "AI has given us the key to cracking risk control in an industry with low digitisation, fragmented data, and high compliance demands." By merging human expertise with AI, XTransfer built a globally unified B2B cross-border settlement network and risk management framework. Its proprietary TradePilot, the world's first and most advanced vertical AI model for B2B cross-border trade payment, according to CIC, now embeds 72 AI agents across the full compliance lifecycle, from KYC onboarding and transaction verification to ongoing anti-money laundering monitoring.

In practice, these AI agents automatically process unstructured trade documents, converting fragmented data into structured insights to boost efficiency and compliance. Deng noted, "We've broken the 'impossible trinity', achieving high risk-control accuracy, low cost, and great user experience all at once." Today, XTransfer's platform automates 98.5% of transaction reviews, maintains a fraud rate as low as around 0.003%, and serves millions of SMEs at sustainable costs.

AI is also reshaping business models. "Super individuals" and small teams now use AI to cover multiple markets, yet multi-currency collections and settlement speed remain the "last mile". To address this, XTransfer offers end-to-end local collection accounts, enabling overseas buyers to pay in their home currencies. This speeds fund turnover and helps exporters enter new markets with confidence.

XTransfer has served over 1 million business clients, with total payment volume reaching US$60.5 billion in 2025. Its local account network spans nearly 60 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Europe, the Americas, and Australasia, connecting to 170+ global financial institutions. Through secure, intelligent payment and compliance solutions, XTransfer is powering high-quality foreign trade growth in the AI era.

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AI-Driven Efficiency in Cross-Border Trade Payments: XTransfer Cracks the "Impossible Trinity"