atNorth awarded Iceland’s top ICT prize

Author: Simon Rowley

atNorth, a Nordic colocation, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence service provider, has announced its recognition at one of Iceland’s most prestigious information technology events, UTmessan – along with other leading Icelandic data centre operators – for their role in facilitating the development of Iceland’s infrastructure.

The Information Technology Award of The Icelandic Computer Society (Ský) is an honorary prize awarded to organisations for an outstanding contribution to information technology in Iceland. The accolade highlights the positive impact of data centres on Iceland’s digital, power and economic infrastructure. The award was presented by Iceland’s President, Halla Tómasdóttir, at a ceremony on 7 February 2025 in Reykjavik.

The data centre industry is thriving in Iceland, alongside its Nordic neighbours, due to its naturally cool climate and abundance of renewable energy that enables highly energy-efficient infrastructure cooling techniques.

This demand for data centre capacity in Iceland facilitated the country’s investment in digital connectivity and the national power infrastructure to ensure long term sustainability of the supply. Iceland boasts multiple undersea fibre optic cables connecting the country to the UK, North America and mainland Scandinavia and has a robust domestic fibre optic network, with multiple providers offering high-speed internet connectivity – factors that have undoubtedly accelerated the growth of other businesses in the country.

“We believe that data centres can be pivotal to a thriving economy and are committed to supporting the countries in which we operate”, says Erling Guðmundsson, COO, atNorth. “We are proud to be recognised alongside our peers as having contributed to putting Iceland on the map as a perfect location for data centres. By collaborating with local governments and like-minded organisations, we hope to create data centre ecosystems that operate with environmental responsibility, energy efficiency, and community integration.”

atNorth has won many awards for its services, including the ‘Top Energy Efficient HPC Achievements’ award at the HPCwire Reader’s Choice Awards, and the ‘Digital Infrastructure Project of the Year’ prize at the Tech Capital Awards. The business also won the ‘Location Award’ for Iceland at the Tech Capital Awards in 2023 and has been included in TechRound’s Sustainability60 list that celebrates the most exciting sustainability companies across the UK and Europe.

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