atNorth enhances strategic partnership with Advania

The data center business is selling its HPCaaS platform, Gompute, to Advania enabling both businesses to enhance their core service offerings.

atNorth, the leading Nordic high-density colocation and built-to-suit data center provider, has announced the sale of its High-Performance Computing as a Service platform, Gompute, to IT services business Advania. The acquisition is expected to be completed during the third quarter of 2025, subject to regulatory approvals.

Advania is one of atNorth’s long standing customers, with workloads hosted in multiple regions and sites. Originally located at atNorth’s ICE01 site in Reykjavík, Iceland, Advania has expanded its footprint across  Sweden, Finland and most recently to atNorth’s ICE03 data center, in Akureyri, Iceland.

Advania and atNorth are both scaling rapidly, with the former reporting strong growth and expansion in 2024. This arrangement will strengthen the ongoing partnership between the two businesses, with Gompute being strategically aligned with Advania’s focus on building ‘AI-ready’ sovereignty clouds across their locations, while atNorth will continue to host the platform within its state-of-the-art data center sites.

atNorth’s business focus remains the responsible development and operation of world class digital infrastructure.

“Driven by continued growing demand for atNorth’s services, we are sharpening our focus on high-density colocation and build-to-suit data centers,” said Eyjólfur Magnús Kristinsson, CEO of atNorth. “Gompute has played a key role in our HPC journey, and its evolution with Advania marks an exciting next chapter. Advania’s AI-ready sovereign cloud vision aligns seamlessly with the platform, and hosting it in our high-density data centers will enhance our strategic partnership and deliver a powerful solution for the market’s evolving needs.”

“The acquisition of the Gompute platform is an important milestone in Advania’s journey to deliver sovereign AI services across Northern Europe,” said Hege Störe, CEO of Advania. “I am delighted to welcome Gompute’s talented team to Advania, and together we will build the infrastructure foundation that gives our customers the speed, efficiency and resilience they need for their AI and HPC workloads.”