The Green Gold Rush over Iceland's Data Centers

Earth2Tech (Jun 22 2010) Construction

1. There’s a gold rush mentality right now when it comes to building data centers in Iceland, according to execs of the companies that have been moving into that market. The latest person to reference this phrase to me is Tate Cantrell, CTO of startup Verne Global, and he told me it’s not uncommon for his web-serving customers to bring up the description when asking about the industry. Cantrell says of building a business around data centers in Iceland, “We’re very bullish on it. It’s a great place to do business.” Why is a country, which blipped on the global news radar in recent months because of its ash-spewing volcano and hard-hit financial markets, such a hot place to construct data centers that could house thousands of servers and run web services for Internet giants? First off: location. Its placement between Europe and the U.S. means ... (Read Full Article)

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