WE ARE AQ COMPUTE.
AQ Compute provides cost-efficient and customised colocation capacities combined with 100 % renewable energy. In this context, AQ Compute aims to develop climate-positive colocation data centres and is currently working on various concepts for the reuse of excess heat and, thus, actively contributing to a sustainable society. AQ Compute is part of the Aquila Group, an independent German investment fund manager specialised in real assets. The Aquila Group has been operating in the Norwegian market since 2011 and is the largest operator of small hydropower plants in Norway.
Our first facility, NO-DC1, is currently under construction close to Oslo and will be operational by Autumn 2021. NO-DC1 will be a 10 MW HPC (High Performance Computing) colocation facility. Further customised capacities are planned in Norway as well as in other European countries. We are dedicated to sustainability and strive to reduce CO2 emissions in all our operations. As one of the sustainability measures, we exclusively use renewable energy to run our data centres. Furthermore, we have selected the most innovative and state-of-the-art cooling and data centre infrastructure technologies to enable a PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) of 1.05. A combination of these measures allows us to achieve significant CO2 savings and at the same time offer clients competitive operational costs.
Our services can be tailored to each of our client’s individual needs. Depending on the project size and requirements, AQ Compute offers a wide range of capacities and installed technologies including data halls in various sizes, ranging from smaller to large white space areas and entire facilities. All of our facilities fulfil the highest security standards and our technology is compliant with GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).
The choice of location offers a great financial benefit for our customers. As the largest owner of small hydro power plants in Norway we can provide our clients with low electricity costs and long-term energy contracts securing price stability for 10 years or more. Electricity prices in neighbouring Nordic countries were 12 % higher over the last 15 years compared to Norway. In addition, the Norwegian government reduced energy taxes for data centre operators. The AQ Compute colocation data centre site is connected to a highly reliable electricity grid with an indicated stability of > 99 % in the last decade, enabling clients best uptime. With its AAA rating by Moody’s, Norway belongs to the top-notch group of lowest country risk worldwide, implying high political stability. Given Norway is a member of the European Economic Area, Norwegian data must be processed in compliance with the EU’s GDPR.
We have set up test capacities to take a free test and try out different types of air and water cooled CPUs (Central Processing Unit) and GPUs (Graphic Processing Unit) for your workload.
If you are interested in testing capacities, please fill out the form here and we will get in touch shortly.
ENERGY & COST SAVINGS
AQ Computes cooling technology enables our climate cautious clients to significantly reduce their demand of electricity and lower their CO2 emissions.
In the following, we demonstrate the potential AQ Compute cost savings by comparing total electricity expenses and use of different cooling technologies in Norway.
These potential savings can be attributed to two specific factors:
1) significantly lower electricity costs at the site of our newest data centre in Norway,
2) highly attractive operational costs resulting from the use of energy efficient cooling technologies.
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HOW TO REACH US
BOOK YOUR FREE HPC TEST CAPACITIES HERE
If you are interested in testing capacities, for latency, performance, and handling tests you have the possibility to get free access to our existing infrastructure in Norway.
Please fill out the form and we will come back with more information.