Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 49 | Page 50

COUNTRY FOCUS : NORDIC
atNorth required a customisable , robust and high-quality containment solution that met its demands for performance and efficiency . Jóhann Þór Jónsson , atNorth ’ s Director Project Management and Business Development , tells us how Subzero Engineering ’ s Essential Plus + product line offered a vendor-neutral , quick-to-deploy and flexible containment system which met atNorth business needs .

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atNorth is a leading Nordic data centre services organisation based in Reykjavik , Iceland . It offers environmentally responsible , powerefficient and cost-optimised data centre hosting facilities , with the capabilities to deliver High- Performance Computing ( HPC ) services .

By working with Subzero Engineering , a leading provider of data centre containment solutions , the company was able to standardise its approach to HPC colocation ; using a scalable , energy efficient and ultra-secure , fault-tolerant cold aisle containment ( CAC ) methodology to replicate its sustainability and performance capabilities across multiple sites .
Customer background
atNorth is a leading Nordic data centre services company offering environmentally sustainable , powerefficient and cost-optimised data centre hosting facilities . Its Tier III , redundant design and its innovative ability to support rack densities ranging from 40kW – 100kW make it the perfect partner for organisations using High-Performance Computing ( HPC ) to solve some of the world ’ s most challenging problems .
With operations in Stockholm , Sweden and Reykjavik , Iceland , the company ’ s mission is to offer more compute for a better world , leveraging innovative
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