Building a sustainable business

atNorth has built its services to be environmentally responsible to provide organizations with a pathway to low-carbon digital operations.

atNorth’s overarching mission is to continue to innovate and develop a decarbonizing platform to support our customers with their environmental footprint and contribute to a more sustainable planet.

Digitalization and sustainability should advance hand in hand, and data centers have a critical role to play in supporting a green circular economy, powered by knowledge and innovation that offers access and opportunity for everyone. Our aim is to build a sustainable business that contributes not only to the local and global economy, but that also takes care of our communities and environment.

Our sustainability strategy continues to guide our business in all ESG-related matters as aligned to the company’s values, vision and growth. To learn more about the objectives behind each pillar, download the strategy document.

Green energy

atNorth is strategically working to minimize the impact of digitalization on our planet. atNorth’s Nordic locations ensure that all our sites are powered by low carbon and renewable energy sources, and the cooler consistent climate enables us to support more efficient cooling requirements at our data centers in a sustainable manner

Sustainable materials

Across our sites, we prioritize the use and reuse of materials with lower carbon footprints in our buildings, such as the use of glulam, a natural structural material that can be used as an alternative to steel or concrete. Glulam is made with wood from sustainable forests where the manufacture, distribution and treatment all consume less energy than other building materials.

Waste heat re-purposed

In partnership with Sweden’s energy provider, Stockholm Exergi, the atNorth SWE01 campus captures the heat outputs generated by the site’s data halls, recycling all residual heat through the district heating plant to provide heat and hot water for local residents. 

Learn more about this sustainable partnership.

Empowering the community 

Contributing to the local community is important to us and we allocate funds annually to support a variety of community projects in all our locations. Emphasis is placed on selecting projects that focus on innovation in the energy and technology sector, prevention activities, supporting marginal groups and the protection of the environment.