Power companies in areas with a growing amount of clean power are looking at new ways to store compressed air underground. The Pacific Northwest could get some of these new air technologies in the coming years.
Both phases of the design were created by AST Modular, and use the Barcelona company's “natural free cooling” (NFC) technology, which harnesses Icelandic fresh air to cool servers for customers like Opera Software, the mobile browser pioneer. The first
KEFLAVIK, Iceland, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Verne Global, a UK-based developer of green energy-powered data centre campuses, has today announced the appointment of director of business development, to be based in Munich, Germany.
Verne Global, a UK-based developer of green energy-powered data centre campuses, has today announced the appointment of director of business development, to be based in Munich, Germany. Joining Verne Global from CommVault Systems where he was regional managing director, Germany, Austria & Switzerland, Andreas Sturm will support Verne Global's growth in the DACH region. Verne Global currently has sales offices in London and in the United States. Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/03/5312699/verne-global-extends-european.html#storylink=cpy
KEFLAVIK, Iceland, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Verne Global, a UK-based developer of green energy-powered data centre campuses, has today announced the appointment of director of business development, to be based in Munich, Germany. Joining
A year ago, Apple was targeted by Greenpeace International, which ranked Apple 12th out of 14 large technology companies in a report called “How Clean Is Your Cloud?” Now Apple says it uses only renewable energy at its giant data centers.
Apple said Thursday that it has achieved 100 percent renewable energy at all of its data centers, including facilities in North Carolina, Oregon, California and Nevada.
After a vigorous campaign by Greenpeace to highlight the carbon-spewing computer halls of the cloud giants, Apple has announced it is feeding its data centers entirely with renewable energy. Apple's flagship Maiden, North Carolina data center is now supplied by 100 per cent renewable energy, with 42 million kWh coming from an on-site solar array, and the rest from biogas stored in nearby fuel cells.
Iceland has all the right elements to run sustainable green datacentres – year-round free air cooling, renewable energy resources, it meets data compliance regulations and has strong connectivity to mainland Europe and the US. But still, big companies such as Facebook, Google, Apple, Yahoo and Microsoft have stopped short of setting up their datacentres in Iceland, opting instead for other Nordic countries such as Sweden and Finland.
As growing numbers of European businesses look to reduce their carbon footprint, many are turning to Iceland to build datacentres and make use of cheaper energy and natural cooling resources to improve their green credentials. “A fifth of datacentre costs are spent on power and half of that is used for cooling. But in Iceland, businesses can use free-air cooling all year round and save on cooling costs,” said Einar Hansen Tomasson, project manager at Invest in Iceland, the government body that aims to attract foreign direct investment to Iceland.
Verne Global has expanded its renewable-powered data centre in Iceland using Colt‘s modular design. Verne’s data centre at a former NATO air base in Keflavik, Iceland, is built using modules which are shipped from a Colt factory in the UK. The company has just signed for more modules which will be made and shipped, so new capacity can go live inside the Verne building – effectively a warehouse – in the third quarter of 2013.
Datacentre provider Verne Global has announced that it is expanding its Icelandic datacentre from 500 square metres to 1,000 sqare metres to meet increasing demand. The expansion will see the Keflavik facility double in capacity as a second datahall is brought online at the ex-NATO military base.
The Verne Global facility, built in a former NATO command center, takes advantage of Iceland's vast supply of renewable energy (hydroelectric and geothermal), along with a cool climate that allows the use of air-side free cooling for the entire year.
DUBLIN, Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Emerald Networks, a new-build network submarine cable system that will connect North America to Europe and Iceland, announced today that it has reached an agreement with Vodafone in Iceland (Fjarskipti hf.)
Rumblings in the geothermal power sector have been highlighted in early 2013 by several important developments. Geothermal startup AltaRock Energy, which is backed by Google, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, and Vulcan Capital, has reported cost reductions through the successful creation of multiple engineered geothermal areas from a single drilled well at its Newberry project outside of Bend, Oregon. JP Morgan, meanwhile, has purchased an interest in eight existing geothermal plants owned and operated by a U.S.-based subsidiary of Ormat Technologies.
Verne Global, a UK-based developer of power conscious data centre campuses is to speak at the Sustainable Innovation Expo 2013, to be held by Climate Action at The United Nations Environment Programme HQ, Nairobi, Kenya, 20-22 February 2013.
Verne Global, a UK-based developer of power conscious data centre campuses is to speak at the Sustainable Innovation Expo 2013, to be held by Climate Action at The United Nations Environment Programme HQ, Nairobi, Kenya, 20-22 February 2013.
Verne Global, an innovative, UK-based developer of power conscious data centre campuses, today announced that they have received the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 27001 certification standard for information security.
29, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Verne Global, an innovative, UK-based developer of power conscious data centre campuses, today announced that they have received the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 27001 certification
Renewable energy has not yet won the battle for market share over fossil fuels but it appears to be doing well when it comes to mind share, according to a survey by Dow Jones’ Factiva service.
Last week, Apple started construction of its latest data centre in Prineville, Oregon – a centre which apple promises will be carbon neutral. This is the first phase of the project that will eventually see two 338,000 square-foot buildings erected in the Oregon High Desert, to host Apple’s iCloud services. In April, following vocal criticism by Greenpeace, Apple announced that its new facilities will run on “100 percent renewable energy” – wind, hydro, and geothermal power from local sources.
Last week, Apple started construction of its latest data centre in Prineville, Oregon – a centre which apple promises will be carbon neutral. This is the first phase of the project that will eventually see two 338,000 square-foot buildings erected in the Oregon High Desert, to host Apple’s iCloud services. In April, following vocal criticism by Greenpeace, Apple announced that its new facilities will run on “100 percent renewable energy” – wind, hydro, and geothermal power from local sources.
BMW Group says it expects to see dramatic improvements in its energy efficiency and sharp reductions in its carbon emissions by moving 10 clusters of high-performance computing gear from Germany to a Verne Global data center in Iceland that uses free cooling and renewable energy. The post Going...
Flash German car maker BMW has moved its high performance computing (HPC) to a data centre in Iceland powered by renewable energy, to save around 3600 tonnes of carbon emissions per year. The firm is moving ten of its HPC clusters, consuming 6.31 GWh of energy each year annually, from Germany over to Verne Global’s data centre in Keflavik, Iceland which uses electricity from 100 percent renewable sources – Iceland’s geothermal and hydroelectric generators.