2. Categories

      Data Center Design: Construction, Container, Data Center Outages, Monitoring, Power and Cooling
      Policy: Cap and Trade, Carbon Footprint, Carbon Reduction Commitment, Carbon Tax, Emissions
      Power: Biomass, Fossil Fuel, Fuel Cell, Geothermal, Hydro, Nuclear, Solar, Wind
      Application: Cloud Computing, Grid Computing
      Technology: Microblogging, Networking, Servers, Storage, Supercomputer

  3. Quotes

    1. “ We are finding those points on the Earth that are optimized for server operation—Iceland hits on all those points. ”
      By Jeff Monroe
    2. “ You might be able to find a place in the U.S. that has relatively cheap power, but the volatility (of those prices) is the problem. ”
      By Jeff Monroe
    3. “ In Iceland, there is no cost to going green. ”

  4. Topics Mentioned


  1. Iceland: New Hot Spot for Data Centers?

    CIO.com (Nov 17 2009) Construction , Power and Cooling , Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Geothermal , Hydro

    1. Iceland: New Hot Spot for Data Centers? With data center costs on the rise, Jeff Monroe is always looking for a deal. The CEO of Verne Global, a wholesale data-center hosting company, has searched the world for places that offer cheap power, easy cooling and reliable communications. While energy costs in the United States are uncertain, Iceland, with its seemingly-unlimited renewable energy, cool temperatures and three (soon to be four) transoceanic cables fits the bill perfectly, he says. "We are finding those points on the Earth that are optimized for server operation—Iceland hits on all those points," says Monroe. (Read Full Article)

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