Iceland: Refrigerating a green data centre

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1. “ With energy costs fluctuating and going up more than down, and data centers consuming a tremendous amount of energy there is a real need in the market for a green innovation solution that reduces energy and drives down overall cost. Data centers have historically required large, expensive chilling systems to keep all of the equipment at a regulated temperature. Now more than ever, companies are scrambling to find ways to reduce dependencies on the status quo and become more energy efficient all around. Iceland is the perfect environment for 100 per cent free cooling, 365 days of the year. The mean annual temperature is -0.5°C (30°F) in January and 10°C (50°F) in July. Iceland is very much its own cooling system, standing by to draw the heat right out the computer servers. ”

   By Tate Cantrell

Entities Mentioned

• Iceland
• Verne Global
• Tate Cantrell

1. ICELAND: According to Tate Cantrell, the Chief Technology Officer of Verne Global, the Data Centre industry has a real need for a clean energy solution that drives down overall cost. Iceland, he believes, offers such a solution. Verne Global is constructing a green data centre in the Asbru community of education and entrepreneurs on the former NATO military base in southwest Iceland next to the Keflavik International Airport. Since the US military left the base in autumn 2006, the area has seen an impressive revitalization as a student campus and a technology park. In addition ... (Read Full Article)
   
   

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