atNorth argues Nordic data centers aid sustainability

atNorth chief sustainability and compliance officer Janne Sigurdsson argues that Nordic data centers should be viewed as civic infrastructure supporting economic development, sustainability, and community regeneration.

• The article says atNorth’s ICE03 development in Akureyri, Iceland has supported a new point of presence (POP) and that 90% of the workforce involved in ICE03’s development were local to the area.
• It also says atNorth partners with Kesko Corporation in Finland, Vestforbrænding in Denmark, and Stockholm Exergi in Sweden to reuse waste heat for district heating, and that a significant portion of the DEN02 campus in Denmark will be dedicated to restoring nature and biodiversity.