ANNA KRISTÍN PÁLSDÓTTIR
DATA CENTRES
ANNA
KRISTÍN ÁLSDÓTTIR
location sites to areas that can better meet the needs of AI workloads .”
She cites the Nordics as an example : “ Regions with a cool and consistent climate can utilise more energy efficient cooling technologies such as natural air cooling or Direct Liquid Cooling ( DLC ). These techniques significantly lower the PUE of data centres , a 33 % improvement in energy efficiency and significant carbon reductions , particularly when combined with Iceland ’ s use of renewable energy .
“ The Nordic countries also practise circular economy principles and so it is possible to employ heat reuse technology to recycle waste heat from data centre sites .”
As far as location is concerned , AI and edge computing can complement
ANNA KRISTÍN PÁLSDÓTTIR
TITLE : CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
COMPANY : ATNORTH INDUSTRY : DATA CENTRES LOCATION : ICELAND
A business leader and an engineer , Anna Kristín Pálsdóttir has extensive experience in strategic business development . She currently works with atNorth driving the expansion of the company ’ s existing sites and delivering new data centre campuses across the Nordics as the business commits to significant growth .
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