atNorth announces award win for Iceland at the Tech Capital Awards
NEWS tNorth , one of the leading Nordic colocation , highperformance computing and Artificial Intelligence a service provider , has announced that its Iceland entry has won the Tech Capital Location Award , the only annual prize to recognise a geography for its attractiveness and investor-friendly climate when dealing with digital infrastructure investors .
atNorth showcased the benefits of investing in Iceland in general , such as the abundance of natural resources and the fact that its energy is 100 % generated by renewable sources , in addition to its stable political situation , circular economy principles and redundant connectivity prowess .
As a result of these factors , Iceland has a reliable power supply and low energy costs , which makes it an ideal location for technology investment specifically .
Furthermore , atNorth was able to demonstrate how pivotal
Iceland ’ s climate is for the cooling of high-performance infrastructure by utilising the example of its long-standing client , BNP Paribas , that resulted in a 50 % reduction in energy consumption , an 85 % reduction in CO 2 and significant cost savings .
atNorth continues to promote Iceland and the Nordic region in general as bestin-class locations for its state-of-the-art data centres . The company will continue to build additional sites in the region as part of its growth strategy to expand its services sustainably and strategically to support the increasing need for energy efficient , data-intensive computing .
EXA Infrastructure partners with Digital Realty to extend connectivity across the Mediterranean
igital Realty , one of the largest global providers of cloud- and carrier-neutral data centre , colocation and
D interconnection solutions , has announced a signed memorandum of understanding ( MoU ) with EXA Infrastructure ( EXA ), one of the largest dedicated digital infrastructure platforms connecting Europe and North America . The strategic collaboration will facilitate the expansion of EXA ’ s fibre infrastructure to Digital Realty ’ s data centres across the Mediterranean region , bolstering its connectivity infrastructure . bringing together new capacity , additional diversity and increased resilience across the region . Through the extension of this strategic partnership , enterprises and service providers will be able to seamlessly interconnect and serve the Mediterranean region in a more efficient manner while expanding their digital services to new geographies .
Following EXA ’ s recent deployments in Digital Realty ’ s sites in Dublin , Paris and Zagreb , Digital Realty ’ s relationship with EXA has grown to 14 metros globally , enabling the business to deploy its services in multiple markets and place infrastructure next to major peering points across Europe and the US .
The signed MoU signals the future expansion to new markets across the Mediterranean , including Barcelona , Heraklion in Crete , Athens , as well as other locations where Digital Realty has announced land acquisitions and future constructions of new data centres .
Digital Realty ’ s investments in carrier-neutral colocation facilities in the Mediterranean are aligned with the expansion of EXA ’ s terrestrial and submarine fibre optic cable system ,
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