Enhancing sustainability and operational efficiency in atNorth's data centers using SnerpaPower's innovative Energy Management System (EMS).

By choosing SnerpaPower's next generation energy management system, atNorth, a leading Nordic data center services company, was able to automate and optimize their processes related to load forecasting, scheduling and ordering of electricity, resulting in minimized imbalance costs.

Ásdís Ólafsdóttir, Sustainability Manager at atNorth, remarks: "What sparked our interest in SnerpaPower was not only its potential to enhance our energy efficiency and make sure that we don't takemore from the grid than we need – but also our commitment to support innovative developments in the energy sector to move the society faster towards a more sustainable energy system."

Automation and real-time tracking of electricity consumption

As a rapidly growing company providing energy intensive services, atNorth recognized that SnerpaPowers' innovative offering could both help the company become even more sustainable and improve the accuracy of their operational metrics. By connecting to SnerpaPowers' software solution, atNorth can now track electricity consumption in real-time and automate processes related to load forecasting, scheduling and ordering towards multiple power purchase agreements. 

When asked about his experience with SnerpaPowers' solution, Örn Ingvi Jónsson, Operations Director at atNorth, says: "The SnerpaPower solution has simultaneously minimized deviations and improved the accuracy of our electricity purchases. atNorth have experienced significant improvements in energy management efficiency, including more precise energy purchases and reduced imbalances, costs and improvements in operational metrics."

Integration of data streams and onboarding

The collaboration between atNorth and SnerpaPower has included the integration of multiple data streams from internal and external sources, training of staff to adapt to a new technology and continuous developments of software functionality and user interface based on operational feedback and continuous monitoring.

"SnerpaPower has significantly streamlined our daily operations and optimized our orders for electricity. Our scheduling and ordering process is now fully automatic and optimized for multiple sites, resulting in significant reduction in imbalance energy and lower costs. "remarks Örn Ingvi Jónsson.

Forecast accuracy is key

Örn Ingvi Jónsson continues: "Forecast accuracy is key here, and SnerpaPower has reached up to 99% accuracy, which is significantly higher than we anticipated when starting our collaboration. The SnerpaPower team has been very responsive to our needs and highly risk aware, which makes them a great fit for our operations."

Conclusion

atNorth, headquartered in Reykjavík, Iceland, currently operates seven campuses across the Nordics. Now atNorth is expanding the use of SnerpaPower's software towards all their Nordic locations to ensure continuity in efficiency and sustainability across the company. The SnerpaPower software helps atNorth maintain an industry leadership position in sustainability and operational efficiency.

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