atNorth’s SWE01 data center launched in 2022 and is specifically designed for high-density workloads, such as advanced calculations for AI, simulations, and risk analysis. It is one of the world’s first +10mW data centers with a primary cooling system designed for heat recovery. This enables 85 percent of the electricity used in the DC to be captured and passed on as heat to the district heating system. This residual heat can heat up to 20,000 homes.
The entry showcased atNorth’s strategic alliance with CoolIT, provider of direct liquid cooling solutions. Its cooling system further enhanced the existing infrastructure cooling process for atNorth’s high-density servers, significantly improving overall data center efficiency.
atNorth now operates six Nordic data centers, following the launch of its third site in Iceland, ICE03, and with a seventh site due to open in Finland in 2024. The business is committed to building best in class data centers to meet the continued demand for energy efficient, data-intensive computing.
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atNorth is a pan-Nordic data center services company that offers sustainable, cost-effective, and scalable colocation and high-performance computing services across Iceland, Sweden and Finland. The company operates six data centers in strategic locations across the Nordics, with a seventh site to open in Finland in 2024.
