Anna Kristín Pálsdóttir, atNorth’ s Chief Development Officer, shares the company’ s Nordic expansion plans to prioritise sustainable data centre operations
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Anna Kristín Pálsdóttir, atNorth’ s Chief Development Officer, shares the company’ s Nordic expansion plans to prioritise sustainable data centre operations
he Nordic data centre market is preparing itself for extreme growth over the next five years, as businesses across Europe accelerate their AI investments. Investment in the region is growing on account of its cooler climate, cheaper renewable energy and greater availability in comparison to constrained FLAP-D markets.
At the forefront of this innovation sits atNorth, a Nordic data centre operator that has placed sustainability at the forefront of its growth strategy. One of the people leading this charge is Anna Kristín Pálsdóttir, the company’ s Chief Development Officer. Since joining the company just over a year ago, Anna has been responsible for the operator’ s data centre footprint expansion across the Nordic countries.
“ I joined the company tasked with its footprint expansion – site selection, design, technology, innovation, and delivery in line with customer expectations,” she explains.“ We are developing new data centres and making sure they meet atNorth’ s standards as well as industry and client requirements.”
Presenting a clear expansion strategy“ We have extensive expansion plans”, says Anna. The business is expanding two of its three operational facilities in
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