ATNORTH
EYJÓLFUR MAGNÚS TITLE : CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPANY : ATNORTH
local district heating company , and using the excess of heat from the data centres to warm local residents .”
That new data centre is located in Kista , Stockholm , and complements atNorth ’ s existing offering . “ We are catering to both the local market in Stockholm , which is extremely rich in high-tech companies working within our focus area of highintensity workloads , but also the wider European market of similar companies that are looking for international colocation ,” says Kristinsson . The location also represents another rich resource of renewable energy access , though the company goes further with its own innovative techniques . “ For
EXECUTIVE BIO
Chief Executive Officer of atNorth
December 2017 , Eyjólfur Magnús , most often called Magnus is a data centre veteran . Magnus ’ s data centre journey did not start by taking over as CEO of atNorth in 2017 as his previous role as the managing director of infrastructure , hosting and core services at Advania since 2010 and was responsible for the Advania acquisition of Thor Data Center in 2011 . Advania ’ s data centre business thrived well under Magnus ’ s leadership as a division of Advania until its demerger from the Advania Group in 2017 , then named Advania Data Centers the company grew to become among the fastest-growing data centre companies in Europe . Advania Data Centers became atNorth in 2021 . Prior to joining Advania , Magnus has served in leadership roles at technology companies such as Vodafone . Magnus studied engineering at the University of Iceland and did his master ’ s in engineering at DTU , the Technical University of Denmark .