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Inside atNorth ’ s Helsinki data centre campus
CREDIT : PETRI ANTTILA
Characteristics boasted by Nordic locations not only make its data centres efficient and scalable , but also support atNorth ’ s core sustainability values and underpin its belief that the Nordics is where the data centres of the future are . For example , facilities in the region can make the most of the naturally cold climate , which can offset the need for server cooling systems .
Not only does atNorth locate and build its facilities in regions where there is a highly-skilled workforce and access to true renewable energy , renewables are often the sole form of power available . Heat from its Stockholm data centre is redirected to district heating systems to heat local homes , while new facilities will reuse heat in a range of other ways .
“ Local district heating systems are very developed here ,” Kristinsson shares .
“ Our data centre in Stockholm is reusing the excessive heat for the benefit of local district heating , as will those in Copenhagen and Helsinki .
“ This obviously supports our sustainability story quite a lot . On top of this , we are deploying liquid cooling systems in all of our sites , and this is for the benefit of the high-density workloads . At the same time , especially in Iceland , where heat reuse is not as adopted , we are innovating to increase rack density to AI standards based on air cooling as well . We have a lot of initiatives to support and underpin our sustainability story .”
Despite there not being a one-size-fitsall approach when it comes to picking a particular data centre location , atNorth vouches for the region as a whole as a leading destination for these reasons .
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