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ADVANIA BOOSTS AI AND HPC LEADERSHIP BY ACQUIRING GOMPUTE FROM ATNORTH
Advania has acquired Gompute, a high-performance computing( HPC) and AI infrastructure platform, from Nordic data centre services leader atNorth. The acquisition includes Gompute’ s skilled teams in Sweden and Spain, who will continue their work as part of Advania Sweden. This strengthens Advania Sweden’ s market position while enabling clients to meet strict data sovereignty requirements.
The transaction is pending regulatory approval and is expected to close during the third quarter of 2025.
Gompute delivers a complete, full stack solution for demanding HPC and AI workloads through private cloud services and scalable computing clusters. It serves enterprise clients in sectors including financial services, automotive and computeraided engineering( CAE).
“ As AI adoption accelerates across industries, organisations need infrastructure that meets both performance and regulatory demands,” said Henrik Foyn-Laukvik, Head of M & A at Advania.“ With Gompute, we can deliver those capabilities in-region, on-demand and under full client control, ensuring regulatory compliance without compromising performance. We
are committed to growing Gompute’ s role as a trusted HPC platform while expanding its AI potential.”
“ Driven by continued growing demand for atNorth’ s services, we are sharpening our focus on high-density colocation and build-to-suit data centres,” said Eyjólfur Magnús Kristinsson, CEO of atNorth.
AI Internet Exchange( AI-IX). The new platform is available at Europe’ s largest Internet Exchange in Frankfurt and all DE-CIX locations worldwide. It is designed to provide seamless, high-performance interconnection for AI-powered applications, addressing the growth in demand for AI services.
The company has completed the first phase of its global rollout, connecting over 50 AI-relevant networks, including providers of AI and GPU services.
This initial phase focuses on AI inference, which is essential for real-time applications such as robotics and self-driving cars, ensuring resilient and low-latency connectivity.
A second phase will make the AI-IX Ultra-Ethernet-ready, enabling it to support the more demanding requirements of AI model training.
This will allow AI training to be carried out in a geographically distributed manner, moving away from centralised data centres.
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“ With various predictions made for millions – even hundreds of millions – of AI agents in the coming years, the need for interconnection services to support their operations is growing massively”, said Ivo Ivanov, CEO of DE-CIX.
“ Until now, huge, centralised data centres have been needed to quickly process AI computing loads on parallel clusters,” added Dr. Thomas King, CTO of DE-CIX
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