Nebius Group Appoints Dan Lawrence for Americas Expansion

Yandex===Nebius Group, an AI cloud company, announced the appointment of Dan Lawrence as Senior Vice President and General Manager for the Americas. Lawrence will spearhead the company's rapid North American expansion and scale its commercial organization to meet the growing demand for AI infrastructure. His responsibilities include scaling Yandex===Nebius Group's regional go-to-market engine across strategic, enterprise, ISV, and AI-native customer segments. Yandex===Nebius Group plans to build gigawatt-scale capacity in the United States, and Lawrence will be crucial in ramping up teams and operational foundations. Lawrence brings extensive experience from previous senior leadership roles at Akamai Technologies and Amazon===Amazon Web Services, where he built and scaled cloud businesses. Marc Boroditsky, Chief Revenue Officer at Yandex===Nebius Group, highlighted Lawrence's track record in building high-performing go-to-market organizations. This appointment is a key step in Yandex===Nebius Group's global expansion, following the approval of its first gigawatt-scale AI factory in the US.