Iceland Attracts New Business with Clean Energy

Explore Renewable Energy World (Apr 23 2012) Fossil Fuel , Geothermal , Cloud Computing

...rve the international community from our 100 percent renewably powered data center,” says Verne CEO Jeff Monroe. “What we have done as a first mover here in Iceland is we have secured a long-term power contract ......to its private network for companies in 21 countries. Other Verne clients include Jersey City-based Datapipe, an IT services firm that supports financial and technology industries in New York and London; CCP ... (Read Full Article)

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Iceland Attracts New Business With Clean Energy

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...rve the international community from our 100 percent renewably powered data center,” says Verne CEO Jeff Monroe. “What we have done as a first mover here in Iceland is we have secured a long-term power contract ......to its private network for companies in 21 countries. Other Verne clients include Jersey City-based Datapipe, an IT services firm that supports financial and technology industries in New York and London; CCP ... (Read Full Article)

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Iceland, Data-Center Hub?

Explore BusinessWeek (Mar 29 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling , Geothermal

... a rare spot on the earth where there is a convergence of attributes that tick all the boxes,” says Jeff Monroe, chief executive officer of Verne Global, Björgólfsson’s venture. “You have 100 percent renewable e......ast one-quarter of a data center’s operating costs are spent on cooling.) So far, customers include Datapipe, a Jersey City (N.J.)-based provider of disaster-recovery services, and CCP Games, the Icelandic co... (Read Full Article)

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Iceland woos microsoft for part of $41 billion data market: tech- bloomberg news

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...he French Riviera. Photographer: Arnaldur Halldorsson/Bloomberg So far, Verne’s customers include Datapipe Inc., a Jersey City, New Jersey-based provider of disaster-recovery services, and CCP Games, the Ic...... a rare spot on the earth where there is a convergence of attributes that tick all the boxes,” said Jeff Monroe, chief executive officer of Verne Global. Photographer: Arnaldur Halldorsson/Bloomberg   Enlarge... (Read Full Article)

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Land of Vikings and modular data centers

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... that operates 19 data centers and 35,000km of fiber network. Having bought and developed the site, Jeff Monroe, CEO at Verne Global, says he was grateful to the customers who agreed to be named, and that once t...... the Verne data center, though it could happen in the long term. A previously announced customer is Datapipe, a colocation and mission-critical cloud services provider. Currently, within a 500 sq m ... (Read Full Article)

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Verne Global Officially Opens Green Data Center in Iceland

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Feb 10 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling , Geothermal

...nesday, acting Minister of Industry Oddný Harðardóttir, Mayor Árni Sigfússon and Verne Global chair Jeff Monroe cut the ribbon. Verne Global’s data center is built with steel instead of concrete, making it 100 p......le megawatts. The data center has already signed on a few customers, including web hosting provider Datapipe, and video game developer CCP Games. With 15 employees, Verne Global said it will gradually increas... (Read Full Article)

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New Tenants for Verne’s Modular Colo in Iceland

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Feb 9 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling , Geothermal

...ign process while leveraging Colt’s factory controlled fabrication process to ensure quality,” said Jeff Monroe, CEO at Verne Global. “This approach also provides Verne Global with the opportunity to quickly sca......o address customer demand in a rapid timeframe.” Last fall Verne announced managed hosting provider Datapipe as the first tenant for its facility. Today Verne announced three new customers: + Game develop... (Read Full Article)

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Colt and Verne Global Introduce World’s First Dual Sourced 100% Renewably Powered Data Centre in Iceland inShare

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...with the growing concern of rising cost and environmental impact of traditional data centers," said Jeff Monroe, CEO of Verne Global. "We have designed a flexible, dynamic solution that answers the need for both......nmental advantage in the marketplace for companies looking to expand their data centre operations." Datapipe – Early Customers Datapipe, a leading provider of managed services and infrastructure for mission critical IT and cloud comput... (Read Full Article)

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Can an IT Snowball Grow in Iceland?

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Can Iceland's Renewables Power the Web?

Explore Science News, Articles and Information (Oct 17 2011) Fossil Fuel , Geothermal , Servers

...eet at a cross section over Iceland that we really don't believe to exist anywhere else," explained Jeff Monroe, CEO of three-year-old data center company Verne Global. At least, that is what Iceland's IT pros a......egawatts of server power capacity will be filled with server modules as needed. One client, IT firm Datapipe, has already signed on. The second Iceland facility, Thor Data Center, opened last year ... (Read Full Article)

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Silicon Geyser: put your datacentres here

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... from Icelandic companies that generate using geothermal and hydro-electric means. According to CEO Jeff Monroe, customers -- the first of whom is DataPipe -- save money because there's no premium for being green. Back office What's going on in network... (Read Full Article)

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UK firm opens carbon neutral datacentre in Iceland

Explore Insight for IT leaders (Oct 10 2011) Power and Cooling , Emissions , Cloud Computing , Servers

...ise two datacentres at the same price, the enterprise would always pick the eco-friendly one," said Jeff Monroe, chief executive of Verne Global. The centre will use Iceland's dual-sourced renewable energy (hyd......d in addition to the free cooling from the Icelandic cold air. IT and cloud computing services firm Datapipe will be the first customer of the datacentre. Robb Allen, chief executive of Datapipe, said he believes the ... (Read Full Article)

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Datapipe signs up for green data centre

Explore comms-express.com (Oct 7 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

Managed services company Datapipe has revealed that it will be utilising equipment at the Verne Global data centre in Iceland, which ......ne Global centre because it runs using green energy and has two sources of power at a low price. Jeff Monroe, chief executive officer of the latter company, asserted that modules are already being shipped to ... (Read Full Article)

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Datapipe Partners with Verne Global to Deliver Green Cloud from Iceland

Explore MyHostNews (Oct 6 2011) Power and Cooling , Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing

...“The industry continues to move toward environmentally sustainable solutions to power data centres. Datapipe’s leadership in this area is one to be applauded,” said Jeff Monroe, CEO of Verne Global. “The source, availability and cost of power remain one of the primary conce... (Read Full Article)

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Datapipe Plugs Into Verne’s Icelandic Data Centre

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Oct 6 2011) Construction , Geothermal , Cloud Computing

Datapipe signs up, as the modules start to ship to build Verne Global’s green data centre Verne Global has ...... Verne gets its warehouse ready “The modules are now in the shipping process,” said Verne’s CEO Jeff Monroe, speaking to eWEEK Europe at the NetEvents press summit in Frascati, Italy. The data centre, appare... (Read Full Article)

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Web Host Datapipe Signs as Tenant at Verne Globals Iceland Data Center

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Oct 5 2011) Power and Cooling , Cloud Computing

..."The industry continues to move toward environmentally sustainable solutions to power data centres. Datapipe's leadership in this area is one to be applauded," Jeff Monroe, CEO of Verne Global said in a statement. "The source, availability and cost of power remain one of... (Read Full Article)

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Iceland cometh

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... disused NATO naval base on a windswept peninsula near Reykjavik into an energy efficient data hub. Datapipe will use the center in Keflavik to serve information technology clients in New York, London and oth......ower remain one of the primary concerns for data centre operators around the globe,” said Verne CEO Jeff Monroe. Geothermal forces on display at the Strokkur Geyser. Geothermal forces on display at the Strokkur ... (Read Full Article)

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Datapipe Goes Modular With Verne in Iceland

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Oct 5 2011) Construction , Power and Cooling , Carbon Footprint , Geothermal

Managed hosting provider Datapipe will be the first tenant in Verne Global’s new data center in Iceland, deploying customer servers i......lly setting the stage for the data center industry to take advantage of Iceland’s attributes,” said Jeff Monroe, the CEO of Verne Global. “The industry continues to move toward environmentally sustainable soluti... (Read Full Article)

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