1. Articles mentioning both Jeff Monroe and Nato

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    1. Iceland Attracts New Business with Clean Energy

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

      Iceland Attracts New Business with Clean Energy ...ritish data hosting company Verne Global. Verne recently opened a data center in a sprawling former NATO munitions warehouse on a windswept lava plain in Keflavik, 29 miles southwest of the capital, conne......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 ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    2. Iceland Attracts New Business With Clean Energy

      Explore ecomagination (Apr 20 2012)

      Iceland Attracts New Business With Clean Energy ...ritish data hosting company Verne Global. Verne recently opened a data center in a sprawling former NATO munitions warehouse on a windswept lava plain in Keflavik, 29 miles southwest of the capital, conne......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 ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    3. Iceland, Data-Center Hub?

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

      Iceland, Data-Center Hub? On the southwestern tip of Iceland, housed in a former NATO air base, a new $700 million data center is waiting to host the world’s information. Tapping into a...... 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... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

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

      Explore Bloomberg.com (Mar 21 2012)

      Iceland woos microsoft for part of $41 billion data market: tech- bloomberg news On the southwestern tip of Iceland, housed in a former NATO air command base, a new data center is waiting to host the world’s information. Tapping into a read...... 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)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    5. Land of Vikings and modular data centers

      Explore DatacenterDynamics (Mar 20 2012) Construction , Geothermal

      Land of Vikings and modular data centers ..., the site of Verne Global, one of the two main data center players in Iceland. The site is an ex-NATO facility consisting of several buildings – it has the potential to be scaled to 400,000 sq ft of da...... 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 ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    6. New Tenants for Verne’s Modular Colo in Iceland

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

      New Tenants for Verne’s Modular Colo in Iceland ... a completed data center. Modular Design Meets Renewable Energy The new facility, built in a former NATO command center, takes advantage of Iceland’s vast supply of renewable energy (hydroelectric and ......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... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Cisco

    7. Can an IT Snowball Grow in Iceland?

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

      ...t 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)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    8. Can Iceland's Renewables Power the Web?

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

      Can Iceland's Renewables Power the Web? ...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)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    9. Datapipe signs up for green data centre

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

      Datapipe signs up for green data centre ...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)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    10. Datapipe Plugs Into Verne’s Icelandic Data Centre

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

      Datapipe Plugs Into Verne’s Icelandic Data Centre ...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)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    11. Iceland cometh

      Explore SmartPlanet (Oct 5 2011)

      Iceland cometh ...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)

      Mentions:   Amazon.com   Iceland   Europe

    12. Datapipe Goes Modular With Verne in Iceland

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

      Datapipe Goes Modular With Verne in Iceland ...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)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    13. Iceland to Open Data Center Powered by Renewable Resources

      Explore blogs.wsj.com (Sep 28 2011) Geothermal

      ...t the advertising for physical stability the state body Invest in Iceland could have hoped for. But Jeff Monroe, chief executive of Verne Global, describes the location of the new data center: “It’s in the forme......chief executive of Verne Global, describes the location of the new data center: “It’s in the former NATO allied command base, which is a location in Iceland that’s very geologically stable ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    14. 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

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

      Mentions:   Iceland   Verne Global   Jeff Monroe

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

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

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

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    16. Data center weathers Iceland volcano

      Explore Data Center (May 4 2010)

      Data center weathers Iceland volcano 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)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    17. Iceland: Still Ideal For Data Centers?

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

      Iceland: Still Ideal For Data Centers? ...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)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

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