Zero-Emissions AI Infrastructure: A Case Study of atNorth and Neu.ro

The cloud revolution is in full force, with AI being a major driver of new cloud adoption. IDC estimates that fast-growing AI workloads will account for up to 50% of the total cloud market by 2025. However, this progress comes at a significant cost to the environment. Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) already account for an estimated 9% of total global electricity use, a figure that could more than double by 2030. AI’s portion of electricity consumption is growing much higher than other technologies. Deep Learning models and the data sets they train upon are growing at an extraordinary rate. In less than 5 years, the leading language model will have increased in size by over 100,000x. The competitive challenge presented by hyperscale CSP AI development platforms (Azure Machine Learning, AWS Sagemaker, GCP AI) required an immediate response. Neu.ro provided a market proven platform with unique advantages.

The customer, atNorth, is a leading Nordic data center services company offering environmentally responsible, power-efficient and cost-optimized hosting facilities and high-performance computing services. They offer sustainable and extremely scalable cloud HPC resources, fully enabling customers to focus on their simulation applications and calculations without having to worry about the underlying HPC infrastructure. The company operates in the zero-emissions IT infrastructure and cloud services industry. They are committed to providing solutions that are not only efficient and effective but also environmentally friendly.