atNorth has revealed the substantial growth of two of its knowledge facilities in Iceland.
The ICE02 campus close to Keflavík, will acquire an extra capability of 35MW. The ICE03 web site in Akureyri that opened final yr will acquire further capability of 16MW. Each websites have surplus house for additional growth in keeping with future demand.
Each knowledge heart websites are extremely vitality environment friendly, working at a most PUE of 1.2 and also will be capable of accommodate the most recent in air and liquid cooling applied sciences, relying on buyer desire. The preliminary section of ICE02’s growth turned operational in Q3 2024 and all additional phases for each websites are anticipated to be accomplished within the first half of 2025.
The progressive design of the information facilities caters to data-intensive companies that require high-density infrastructure for high-performance computing. The websites at the moment accommodate firms resembling Crusoe, Advania, RVX, DNV, Opera, BNP Paribas, and Tomorrow.io.
As a part of atNorth’s ongoing dedication to sustainability and collaboration, the enterprise has additionally entered right into a partnership with AgTech startup Hringvarmi, to recycle extra warmth to be used in meals manufacturing. As a part of this settlement, Hringvarmi will place their Technology 1 prototype module inside ICE03, to check the idea of remodeling “knowledge into dinner” by using waste warmth to develop microgreens in collaboration with the meals producer Rækta Microfarm.
“We’re delighted to be a part of atNorth’s progressive knowledge heart ecosystem”, says Justine Vanhalst, Co-Founding father of Hringvarmi. “Our partnership goals to spice up Iceland’s agriculture business to minimize the necessity for imported produce and contribute to Iceland’s round financial system”.
The growth plans replicate the large demand, each domestically and internationally for atNorth’s sustainable knowledge heart options. Information intensive companies, together with hyperscalers and corporations that run AI and Excessive-Efficiency Computing workloads, acknowledge the standard of the digital infrastructure out there and are attracted by Iceland’s advantageous location. The nation advantages from a persistently cool local weather and an abundance of renewable vitality along with absolutely redundant connectivity and a extremely expert workforce.
“We’re experiencing a substantial enhance in curiosity in our extremely vitality environment friendly, sustainable knowledge facilities”, says Eyjólfur Magnús Kristinsson, CEO at atNorth. “Now we have energy agreements and constructing permits in place and can meet this demand as a part of our ongoing sustainable growth technique”.
