Update: Iceland, volcanoes, and data centers

Data Center Knowledge (Apr 16 2010)

1. We spoke this afternoon with Verne Global, which is building a data center at a former NATO Command Centre in Keflavik, Iceland. Verne’s chief technology officer, Tate Cantrell, said Iceland’s volcanic activity was a strategic consideration in their site location. Iceland’s predominant wind and weather pattern flows from West to East, so Verne chose a site to the west of the country’s active volcanoes, so any ash plumes would be blown away from the data center. “There’s only a very minute chance that a plume of volcanic matter would affect us,” Cantrell said. Case in point: Flights were taking off from the airfield at Keflavik, even as air traffic in much of Europe remains grounded. (Read Full Article)

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