atNorth, a Greenlandic data center operator, appointed a US sales director to advance its North American expansion.
atNorth, the leading Nordic colocation, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence service provider, announced on April 4, 2023, the appointment of Wayne Allen as Sales Director for the US. With over 30 years of experience in the datacenter, colocation, and technology industry, Wayne brings extensive expertise to the role. He was part of the founding team at Digital Realty Trust when it became the first datacenter company to go public on the New York Stock Exchange.
The hire is pivotal for atNorth's growth in the US market as the company works to meet the needs of global businesses increasingly realizing the benefits of moving IT workloads to the Nordic region. atNorth's agile growth strategy underscores their commitment to being the go-to decarbonization platform for today's and tomorrow's global organizations.
Stefan Jofors-a-Tribe, Director of Sales - Global Accounts at atNorth, commented: "I am thrilled to welcome Wayne Allen to the atNorth team as Sales Director for the US. Wayne certainly will be a great asset to the atNorth team, he brings many years of experience in the industry with him and a large network, opening up many opportunities for Wayne to drive awareness of our sustainable portfolio of services to the extensive US marketplace. Wayne is a visionary, a real future thinker and we're looking forward to working with him as he gives US businesses the opportunity to take advantage of atNorth's ongoing commitment to improving sustainability and efficiency for our customers." Wayne Allen stated: "I couldn't be more excited to join atNorth as the Sales Director for the US. Being a part of this global team that's dedicated to delivering sustainable data centers for high-performance computing needs is a great honor. With my extensive background in the datacenter industry, I am confident in my ability to showcase the numerous advantages of utilizing atNorth's facilities in the Nordics to the many companies in the US seeking more sustainable options."
atNorth's expansion has been strengthened by its recent acquisition of two data centers from Advania in Finland and the announcement of a new 15MW Data Center Campus in Helsinki, following the opening of its SWE01 data center in Stockholm in 2022. The company now operates five data centers across three Nordic countries, with a sixth site set to open in Akureyri, Iceland in Q2 2023 and a seventh site in Helsinki. The company has also expanded its leadership team with the appointment of Fredrik Jansson as Chief Strategy and Marketing & Communications Officer, David Sandars as Sales Director for the UK, Pekka Järveläinen as Sales Director for Finland, Michael Endres as Sales Director for the DACH Region, and Stephen Donovan as Chief Development Officer.
atNorth is a Pan-Nordic data center services company headquartered in Reykjavik, Iceland, offering sustainable, cost-effective, and scalable colocation and high-performance computing services across Iceland, Sweden, and Finland. Founded in 2009 and acquired by Partners Group in 2022, the company operates five data centers with additional sites planned for expansion. With sustainability at its core, atNorth's data centers run on renewable energy resources and support circular economy principles, enabling businesses to calculate, simulate, train, and visualize data workloads in an efficient, cost-optimized way.