atNorth: The Future of AI Is an Energy Crisis

By Guy D’Hauwers, atNorth The original definition of artificial intelligence was the ability of computers to perform tasks that people usually did. However, as the technology continues to develop it is apparent that there are many situations whereby computers can collate up-to-the minute data to provide analysis that no human could feasibly do. This isn’t to say that computers can, or will, replace human jobs, but rather that they provide a better service that transforms the way in which tasks are carried out across business today.

atNorth to Open 5MW Data Center Campus in Helsinki

Helsinki, Finland – February 7th, 2023 – Iceland-based atNorth, a pan-Nordic colocation, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence service provider, has reached an agreement to acquire an additional site in Finland that will be converted to a third data center for the business. The site, acquired from Tallberg Group is located in Sinimäentie, Espoo (greater Helsinki) and is a significant milestone […]

atNorth Announces New Chief Strategy, Marketing and Communications Officer

Stockholm – January 18, 2023 – atNorth, a pan-Nordic colocation, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence service provider, has announced the appointment of Fredrik Jansson to its executive team. Fredrik joins from STACK EMEA NORDICS (formerly DigiPlex) where he held several executive positions including Chief Commercial Officer, Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Marketing & Communications Officer. […]

atNorth Acquires 2 Data Centers in Finland

Stockholm –  January 4, 2023 – atNorth Holding AB, a pan-Nordic colocation, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence service provider, has announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire two data center facilities in Finland from Advania AB (”Advania” ). The company said the acquisition will fuel atNorth’s expansion in the region, as the company also […]

atNorth Colocation Provider Joins iMasons Climate Accord

Reykjavik, Iceland – December 20, 2022 – atNorth, the pan-Nordic colocation, high performance computing and artificial intelligence service provider, has become a Partner of the Infrastructure Masons (iMasons) Association. atNorth has also joined the iMasons Climate Accord (ICA), which was established in February 2022 to bring leading companies together across the digital infrastructure industry to accelerate the journey […]

Ericsson Group CIO Joines Board of HPC Colo Provider atNorth

Stockholm – 16 June 2022 – atNorth, a Nordic data center operator based in Iceland, today announces the appointment of Mats Hultin to its board of directors. As CIO and head of Group IT at Ericsson, Mats is responsible for Ericsson’s internal digital platforms for innovation and user experience.  He brings valuable knowledge of enterprise digitization to […]

insideHPC’s Exclusive ISC 2022 Video Interviews

Check out our exclusive video interviews from the ISC 2022 conference! You can find them on the right side of our home page. They include: AMD – An update on the EPYC CPUs and Instinct GPUs powering the new no. 1 supercomputer, Frontier, which is also the first HPC system to exascale-certified, along with the […]

Icelandic AI Company Miðeind Leverages atNorth’s HPC & AI Cluster-as-a-Service for NLP

Reykjavik, Iceland June 2, 2021 – atNorth, formerly known as Advania Data Centers, has delivered an AI and deep learning system to Icelandic start-up Miðeind. The Supercomputer – built on HPE servers and powered by the latest generation of nVidia Graphic Processor Units (A100) – is hosted in atNorth’s Mjölnir Colocation Data Center facilities in […]