Blog - atNorth

Data Centers in Iceland for Artificial Intelligence

Jun 15, 2021

Discover why Data Centers in Iceland are the perfect location to run your Artificial Intelligence workloads. Moderate climate and abundance of renewable energy sources are the perfect setting for running HPC and GPU clusters efficiently. Additional reasons that make Iceland a perfect colocation destination include a stable and effective governmental and public sector environment, as well as a young motivated and skilled population. Learn everything you need to know to run colocate clusters or run your workloads as-a-Service by watching our webinar.

Data Center Market Review with Kevin Imboden (Part 3)

Feb 2, 2021

In the last part of our conversation with Kevin Imboden of Cushman and Wakefield, Kevin explains the market dynamics generated by large hyperscalers when entering a new market with data center facilities. (Part 3 of 3)

Data Center Market Review with Kevin Imboden (Part 2)

Jan 22, 2021

Kevin Imboden of Cushman and Wakefield walks us through the dynamics of the Data Center, Real Estate market during this conversation with our COO Gisli Kr.

Data Center Market Review with Kevin Imboden

Jan 8, 2021

Kevin Imboden of Cushman and Wakefield walks us through the dynamics of the Data Center, Real Estate market during this conversation with our COO Gisli Kr.

Talking Data Centers with Denis Weber (Part 3)

Dec 1, 2020

Join us for a deep dive in Data Center insights and strategy with Denis Weber. Part 3 of 3

Talking Data Centers with Denis Weber (Part 2)

Nov 25, 2020

Join us for a deep dive in Data Center insights and strategy with Denis Weber. Part 2 of 3

Unparalleled Sustainability

Nov 5, 2020

Today, it’s not enough that enterprises say they’re reducing their carbon footprint. Customers demand proof that their service vendors and partners are removing additional carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and going climate positive. atNorth (atNorth) is doing exactly that through its corporate decisions, partnerships and green initiatives.

Talking Data Centers with Denis Weber

Oct 28, 2020

Join us for a deep dive in Data Center insights and strategy with Denis Weber. In this episode we discuss with Denis about the origins of the PUE concept and it's future potential developments. Part 1 of 3

atNorth HPCFLOW is up to 50% faster than Azure’s HBv2

Sep 9, 2020

We have run OpenFOAM using 3 different configurations of HPCFLOW (1, 2 and 4 nodes) against comparable Azure configurations[1]. Our tests have shown that HPCFLOW is up to 50% faster than Azure’s HBv2, depending on the complexity and size of the project.

Talking Sustainability part 3

Aug 18, 2020

Join us (Gisli Kr. - atNorth, Ben Watson - Zenuity, Siobhan Ellis - Bamboo Systems) in a discussion around sustainability, circular economy and what this means for the IT/Datacenter industry. Part 3 of 3.

Talking Sustainability part 2

Aug 5, 2020

Join us (Gisli Kr. - atNorth, Ben Watson - Zenuity, Siobhan Ellis - Bamboo Systems) in a discussion around sustainability, circular economy and what this means for the IT/Datacenter industry. Part 2 of 3.

Talking Sustainability

Jul 23, 2020

Join us (Gisli Kr. - atNorth, Ben Watson - Zenuity, Siobhan Ellis - Bamboo Systems) in a discussion around sustainability, circular economy and what this means for the IT/Datacenter industry. Part 1 of 3

atNorth and NUMECA make the most out of CFD Software-as-a-Service

Jul 14, 2020

atNorth’ (atNorth) partnership with NUMECA International enables the most challenging simulation and modeling workloads, helping design next-generation ships, aircraft and cars that are faster, safer and more energy-efficient.

5 Things to Look for When Choosing an HPCaaS Partner

Jun 5, 2020

Choosing the right HPC as-a-Service vendor is an important step towards curbing costs and solving complex problems in order to drive growth. The process can be lengthy and difficult, so to make things easier for you, we’ve put together this quick checklist to help you implement the right evaluation standards.

5 facts about Iceland you might not know.

May 21, 2020

Hot springs, lava fields, geysers and rustic nature – most people are familiar with the gems of Iceland. But did you know that this Nordic nation is also an easily accessed tech hub with temperate climate and an abundance of renewable energy?

3 questions you need to ask yourself about your HPC Strategy in challenging times

May 4, 2020

Compute-intensive organizations are currently facing many challenges. The three considerations you will read in this blog post drive toward a single conclusion: The old ways of running your IT and HPC may not remain the smartest and most cost-effective going forward. It may be time for a from-the-ground-up reevaluation of your organization’s compute as well.

How your HPC colocation decisions boost your HPC capacity

Apr 8, 2020

Dublin, Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam and Paris (DFLAP) are Europe’s centerpiece data center locations today. Yet when you consider facts, there is really no good reason for DFLAP data centers to be running power demanding, heavy compute workloads. Some Nordic colocation solutions represent up to 50% more cost-efficient operations than running one’s cluster in mainland Europe.

Locating sustainability for high-throughput computing

Mar 30, 2020

Modern data centers, tend to run hot and consume a lot of power. Operating a data center can be both very expensive and unsustainable. However, a few locations on the planet seem almost tailor-made for low carbon-footprint HPC, AI and other high-throughput data center operations.

What is Hybrid Colocation?

Mar 18, 2020

Hybrid cloud is today a crucial element of corporate best practices — so much so that those who have scale and are not using a hybrid cloud strategy are falling behind. This, however, is only the first step in an organization’s hybrid transformation.