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Building a world-class supercomputer for the future of web browsing 

Faced with the challenge of rapidly scaling its AI capabilities and building a high-density, energy-efficient environment for training advanced models, Opera turned to atNorth for a reliable, future-ready solution. 

atNorth’s ICE02 mega site played a central role in powering Opera’s AI transformation with a world-class supercomputer infrastructure. 

With renewable energy, rapid deployment, and a low PUE of 1.2, atNorth helped Opera reduce time to market, scale AI innovation, and meet its sustainability goals – all within just six months.

 

reduced time to market

operational in just 6 months

4x faster

AI training models & 30x faster on LLMs

scalable capacity

and powered by renewable energy

PUE of 1.2

versus a global average of 1.56

high power density

of 21kW per rack with 3 independent power lines

significant reduction

in carbon usage and energy consumption

By housing the data cluster with atNorth in Iceland, Opera can support current high density demands as well as future proof its IT business, to scale and evolve in line with data needs and AI demand. 

This powerful setup has enabled Opera to launch next-gen AI features faster while significantly lowering its carbon footprint.

atNorth provided an NVIDIA DGX-ready site with the rack space corresponding to power capacity needed. This, combined with second-to-none customer service, ensured our new cluster was operational in just six months. atNorth’s highly energy efficient campus also benefits from an abundance of renewable energy that has enabled us to decarbonize our infrastructure.

Michal Tarnawski

Global Director of IT, Opera

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