AI-ready data centers: meeting demand at speed and scale

Article published by Capacity on December 31

Capacity Magazine spoke with industry leaders, including atNorth CSO, Anders Fryxell, about how the industry has evolved in 2025 and how it could be shaped going forward in 2026.

Discussing accelerating demand for AI ready digital infrastructure, Anders highlighted how the rapid rise of AI adoption is placing unprecedented pressure on the data center industry. According to Anders, vacancy rates continue to fall as organizations seek capacity that can support increasingly complex and segmented workloads.

“A ‘one size fits all’ approach no longer suffices. Workloads are increasingly segmented based on their individual requirements, from processing speed to privacy laws – and it is all in incredibly high demand,” he noted. Anders also pointed to aging or insufficient power and connectivity infrastructure in some regions, which is contributing to a global bottleneck in data center development.

The Nordics, however, remain well positioned to scale quickly thanks to abundant renewable energy and favorable climate conditions. atNorth continues to focus on accelerating delivery timelines to meet market needs.

As digitization becomes inseparable from business continuity, speed is emerging as a decisive competitive factor. “Those operators that can provide AI ready, sustainable digital infrastructure at speed will be able to capitalize on the industry’s exponential expansion,” Anders emphasized.

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