REYKJAVÍK, Iceland, Aug 21, 2025 – atNorth 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 customers, with workloads hosted in multiple sites. Originally located at atNorth’s ICE01 site in Reykjavík, Iceland, Advania has expanded its footprint across Sweden, Finland and recently to atNorth’s ICE03 data center, in Akureyri, Iceland.
Advania and atNorth are both expanding, with Advania expanding its business to new markets in 2024. The partnership will deepen stronger as Gompute’s platform aligns with Advania’s plan to develop ‘AI-ready’ sovereignty clouds across its sites. AtNorth will continue to support the platform by hosting it in its data centers.
“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.”
Source: atNorth
About atNorth
atNorth is a Nordic data center services company that offers sustainable, cost-effective, scalable colocation and high-performance computing services trusted by industry-leading organizations. The business acquired the leading high-performance computing (HPC) provider, Gompute, in 2023, enabling a compelling full stack offering tailored to AI and other critical high-performance workloads. With sustainability at its core, atNorth’s data centers run on renewable energy and support circular economy principles. All atNorth sites use innovative design, power efficiency, and smart operations to provide long-term infrastructure and flexible colocation deployments. The custom solutions help businesses calculate, simulate, train, and visualize data workloads in an efficient, cost-optimized way. atNorth is headquartered in Reykjavik, Iceland, and operates seven data centers in strategic locations across the Nordics, with additional sites set to open in Helsinki, Finland, in Q1 2025, and Ballerup, Denmark, in Q2 2025. Its tenth site is under construction in Kouvola, Finland, and its eleventh site will be in Ølgod, Denmark. The business has also secured land for a future mega site in the Sollefteå Municipality in Sweden.
About Advania
Advania, headquartered in Stockholm, traces its roots to 1939 and adopted the Advania brand in 2012. The company provides end-to-end IT services, including cloud solutions, managed services, cybersecurity, consulting, asset lifecycle management, and digital transformation, serving midmarket organizations across Northern Europe. It works with public and private sector clients in Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, the U.K., and other countries, supporting more than 30,000 customers through a decentralized, vendor-neutral model. Advania employs more than 5,000 people across 53 locations. In 2024, the company reported net revenue of SEK 15.1 billion (pro forma SEK 18.4 billion). Its growth strategy combines organic expansion with acquisitions, resulting in an average annual growth rate of about 25% over the past 15 years.