Can an IT Snowball Grow in Iceland?

Explore The New York Times (Oct 20 2011) Fossil Fuel , Geothermal

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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......ure the biggest data center operators usually face. Verne Global's data center, located in a former NATO command center in Keflavik, about 29 miles southwest of Reykjavik, will come into service ... (Read Full Article)

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Datapipe signs up for green data centre

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...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 ......cutive officer of the latter company, asserted that modules are already being shipped to the former NATO airbase in Kevlavik. Some 100 jobs are set to be created at the data centre, the majority ... (Read Full Article)

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Datapipe Plugs Into Verne’s Icelandic Data Centre

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...en cloud” services from equipment installed in the data centre that Verne is building in the former NATO airbase in Kevlavik, Iceland. While Verne finishes the preparation of the building, Colt is shippin...... 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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Iceland cometh

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...es run by Reston, Va- based data hosting company Verne Global, which has been gussying up a disused NATO naval base on a windswept peninsula near Reykjavik into an energy efficient data hub. Iceland c......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

...ter in Iceland, deploying customer servers in a factory-built modular design housed within a former NATO command center. The combination of a modular design and the Iceland location provide Datapipe ......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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Iceland to Open Data Center Powered by Renewable Resources

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Colt to Build Ship Modular Green Data Center to Iceland for Verne Global

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Sep 27 2011) Construction , Geothermal , Cloud Computing

...ced began constructing the first international data center in Iceland, where it converted a former NATO command center into a data center. This is the world's first data center with zero-emissions to be ......rting our mission of delivering the world's first dual-sourced renewably powered data centre," said Jeff Monroe, CEO at Verne Global. "We see a strong demand in the colocation market and we required a partner ... (Read Full Article)

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World's first zero-carbon data centre to be built in Iceland

Explore guardian.co.uk (Sep 27 2011) Construction , Power and Cooling , Geothermal

...e for corporate computer servers, the 500sq m facility will be shipped in 37 components to a former Nato base in Keflavik next month, where the glass and steel, climate-controlled boxes will be assembled ......e. By comparison, the trading floor of an investment bank needs a continuous supply of 3 megawatts. Jeff Monroe, Verne chief executive, said: "This approach provides us with the opportunity to quickly scale capa... (Read Full Article)

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Data center weathers Iceland volcano

Explore Data Center (May 4 2010)

Jeff Monroe, CEO of Verne Global, said the erupting volcano in Iceland has turned out to be a great real-world ......o be a great real-world test for his company's decision to locate a 44-acre data center at a former NATO Command Center in Keflavik. It helps that the facility is being constructed in hardened undergroun... (Read Full Article)

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Iceland: Still Ideal For Data Centers?

Explore crn.com (Apr 27 2010) Geothermal , Cloud Computing

...k, Iceland and Washington, D.C., is building a 44-acre data center facility on the site of a former NATO Command Centre in Keflavik. It's situated on 1.5 million year old bedrock, which means the local ea......ich means the local earthquake impact would be no greater than in northern New Jersey, according to Jeff Monroe, CEO of Verne Global. "Picking a strategic location is the first step ... (Read Full Article)

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