atNorth, Selected Group announce greenhouse project in Ølgod using surplus heat

By Atlas Watchline Staff · Corporate · August 11, 2026

The companies said the project will use surplus heat from atNorth’s DEN02 data center campus to support a greenhouse development in Denmark.

The companies said on Aug. 11, 2026, that they are partnering on a heat-reuse project in Ølgod, Denmark, that will use surplus heat from atNorth’s DEN02 data center campus to support a greenhouse development.

The companies said the project is intended to support year-round local food production, cut reliance on imported produce and help build a more resilient food supply. The release said the greenhouse facilities will be built next to the data center within the local plan area.

According to the release, the project is designed to scale with DEN02’s development. The companies said the first phase is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2028.

The release said atNorth is a Nordic high-density colocation and built-to-suit data center provider headquartered in Reykjavik, Iceland. It said the company operates eight data centers across the Nordics and has four mega sites under development in Kouvola, Finland; Ølgod, Denmark; Sollefteå, Sweden; and Haugaland, Norway, as well as an additional metro site under development in Stockholm, Sweden.

The release described Selected Group as a Nordic platform active in investment, project development and operations, with a focus on food infrastructure and greenhouse projects that use surplus heat from industrial processes. It said the company already operates a 20-hectare greenhouse in Frövi, Sweden.

The project is also expected to create jobs during construction and operations, according to the release. It said the greenhouse development should lower carbon output compared with fossil-heated greenhouse operations.

atNorth said the partnership follows earlier heat-reuse projects with Vestforbrænding, Kesko Corporation and Stockholm Exergi. The release quoted atNorth CEO Eyjólfur Magnús Kristinsson and Selected Group CEO Peter Nielsen as saying surplus heat can support local food production, lower emissions and improve food resilience.

What happens next is the buildout toward the first phase, which the companies said they expect to complete in the third quarter of 2028.

Sources

• PR Newswire release, Aug. 11, 2026

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