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Three Maastricht graduates start company aiming to replace PFAS in data centre cooling
Three recent alumni of Maastricht University's Faculty of Science and Engineering started Nemean BioLabs before graduating; the company aims to replace PFAS-derived chemicals in data centre cooling systems.
Why it matters: Maastricht University's Faculty of Science and Engineering has three recent alumni running a company that aims to replace PFAS-derived chemicals in data centre cooling.
Maastricht University reported that three recent alumni of its Faculty of Science and Engineering started Nemean BioLabs before they graduated.
According to the university, the company aims to replace chemicals derived from PFAS in the cooling systems of data centres.
The founders are Fumi Lesné-Akiyama and Domonkos Barkovits, both from the Maastricht Science Programme, and Laurin Gschwenter from Computer Science.
Domonkos Barkovits said none of the three founders has a business background.
Editor’s view
Abigail Taylor, Leadership and Governance Editor
The three founders, all recent alumni of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, are now running Nemean BioLabs, a company that aims to replace PFAS-derived chemicals used in data centre cooling systems.
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