Nordic Presence at Datacentres 2012 Reflects Increased Regional Opportunity

Explore sunherald.com (May 3 2012) Power and Cooling

... ideal for free cooling technologies and also has extensive resources of renewable power and water. Norway is known for its fjords and mountains. But Norway is also Europe’s largest producer of hydroelectric power and the world’s most politically stable country. The tiny... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Fujitsu   Europe   Norway

Updated: Nordics emerge as top green datacentre location

Explore businessgreen.com (Apr 30 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling , Geothermal

...hird position. However, Iceland claimed fourth spot, while Sweden came in eighth, Finland ninth and Norway 12th, with the authors crediting environmental concerns as one of the main drivers behind the growi......ise of the Nordics, which may in the future dilute the market share from the traditional centres in Europe," said Keith Inglis, partner in the European datacentre advisory group at Cushman & Wakefield. "Goo... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Google

Nordic Countries Increasingly Attractive as Sites for Data Centers

Explore The New York Times (Apr 30 2012)

...his is just the beginning,” Mr. Engman said. “What we want is to be the hub for all data traffic in Europe.”As computing moves to the cloud, where music, photos and other data are stored on remote computers......top European locations for data centers, they were closely followed by Iceland, Sweden, Finland and Norway, based on an evaluation of risk factors including energy costs, connectivity and political and envi... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   The New York Times   Iceland

U.S. Still Best Data Center Location, But Nordics Gaining

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Apr 25 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling

...ing the way was Iceland,which was the fourth most popular location, followed by Sweden (eighth) and Norway (12th). The colder climate in Scandinavian countries allows increased use of free cooling (the use ......ise of the Nordics, which may in the future dilute the market share from the traditional centres in Europe,” said Keith Inglis, partner in the EMEA Data Centre Advisory Group at Cushman & Wakefield. “Google... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Norway

Innovative Nordic Supercomputer in Iceland

Explore icenews.is (Apr 20 2012) Construction , Geothermal , Cloud Computing , Supercomputer

National High Performance Computing (HPC) organisations of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Iceland have pooled resources and powered up an innovative joint supercomputer in Icela......rgy sources. Due to Iceland’s geographical location, it is not feasible to transfer electricity to Europe. Hardware, however, can be moved, and so can data, via the trans-Atlantic fibre optic data-network... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Norway

Iceland Exports Energy as Data

Explore Technology Review (Apr 11 2012) Cloud Computing

...rs. Every decade or so, someone runs the numbers to see what it would cost to plug the country into Europe's electricity grid. Depending on where it made land, the cable would have to be around twice the le......wice the length of the longest existing undersea power link, which stretches 580 kilometers between Norway and the Netherlands. Last year, a study by Landsvirkjun, Iceland's state-owned energy company ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Greenpeace   Iceland   Europe

Iceland’s Thor Data Centre: In Pictures

Explore TechWeekEurope UK (Feb 17 2012) Geothermal

... some customers (GreenQloud is in both) and definitely share a mission. They think organisations in Europe and America should ship their data to Iceland for storage and processing – and want to overcome any...... earlier this year. Skyrr itself has pulled off about eight mergers, including service providers in Norway, Sweden and Latvia (only 40 percent of its turnover is in Iceland), and the whole group has now eme... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Oracle

Exporting power in the form of hosting by Peter Judge

Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Feb 12 2012)

...ower. There is a proposal to run a connector from Iceland over the more than 1000 miles to mainland Europe, via Scotland, but no one expects it to happen any time soon, and in any case, Iceland’s extra powe......nia is relocating some Icelandic government processing to Thor, and through its subsidiaries in the Norway, Sweden and Denmark, is starting to get international customers in there - notably the Nordic ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Norway

Thor Icelandic Data Centre Sold To Service Provider

Explore TechWeekEurope UK (Jan 5 2012)

...ervice there, and the Nordic supercomputer, a high-performance computing service created jointly by Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Iceland has very cheap renewable energy from geothermal and hydroelectric s......very cheap renewable energy from geothermal and hydroelectric sources, is only 30 milliseconds from Europe by fibre and has a climate where servers can be cooled using the outside air temperature, claims Be... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Norway

Norway’s Fjord-Cooled Data Center

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Dec 20 2011) Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing , Servers

... chiller, tapping nearby rivers, underground lakes, wells and even the Baltic Sea. A new project in Norway plans to draw cold water from an adjacent fjord and use it to cool data halls. The Green Mountai......wegian clients, but believe the facility may be attractive to multi-nationals based in the U.S. and Europe. “We are now mainly focusing on corporate customers with worldwide facilities who wish to reduce th... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Norway   Nato

Emerald plans new cloud cable to the US

Explore businessworld.ie (Dec 5 2011) Geothermal , Cloud Computing , Networking

...f power to run and to prevent from overheating. Iceland, located between North America and northern Europe, and recovering from its own economic crisis, hopes the new, larger cable will help it to benefit f......studied setting up a data centre in Iceland. One of the first global players to move there has been Norway's Opera Software, maker of world's most-used mobile browser, which opened its Iceland data ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Norway

Ireland/Iceland Atlantic cable aims for data jobs

Explore 1450 WHTC Holland's Hometown Station (Dec 1 2011)

...land are seeking to fuel their hard-hit economies and exploit their position on the western edge of Europe with new data centers to be connected via a new, $300 million transatlantic telecoms cable by 2013.......studied setting up a data center in Iceland. One of the first global players to move there has been Norway's Opera Software, maker of world's most-used mobile browser, which opened its Iceland data ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Google

Ireland/Iceland to lay Atlantic cable

Explore businessworld.ie (Dec 1 2011) Geothermal , Cloud Computing , Networking

...land are seeking to fuel their hard-hit economies and exploit their position on the western edge of Europe with new data centres to be connected via a new, USD300 million transatlantic telecoms cable by 201......studied setting up a data centre in Iceland. One of the first global players to move there has been Norway's Opera Software, maker of world's most-used mobile browser, which opened its Iceland data ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Google

Scotland Aims to Be the Arabia of Green Energy

Explore BusinessWeek (Jul 5 2011) Hydro

...etime, but this is one.” The seas around Scotland have the potential to provide up to 25 percent of Europe’s tidal power and 10 percent of its wave power, according to Scottish Development International, t......llion) from investors such as New York-based BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest money manager, and Norway’s Norsk Hydro ASA to develop its technology. The Scottish Power machine is due to head to ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Norway   John F. Kennedy

Iceland Channels Volcanoes to Win Europe’s Energy-Supply Race

Explore BusinessWeek (Feb 28 2011) Geothermal

...to the latest data available from the country’s statistics agency. Iceland’s drive to become one of Europe’s main renewable energy sources comes as competition also intensifies in Denmark and Norway to supply the continent with energy. The EU is trying to spur development of a power grid covering ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Norway

U.K. Shuts Airports as Iceland Eruption Chokes Skies (Update1)

Explore BusinessWeek (Apr 15 2010)

Airports in the U.K. and northern Europe shut down as a cloud of volcanic ash swept south from an eruption in Iceland, disrupting travel for......til at least 7 a.m. tomorrow, according to flight-control body National Air Traffic Services, while Norway and Sweden also shut airports as the ash threatens to stall jet engines and affect the air quality ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Norway

Europe 'supergrid' hopefuls cast fate to wind

Explore Technology News (Mar 8 2010) Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Wind

... Backers say a "supergrid" could compensate for the variability of wind power to make better use of Europe's growing green energy capacity. Last October Britain and Norway began studying linking up the world's longest subsea power cable to share energy from wind farms in... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Greenpeace   Europe   Norway

At Climate Talks, Trade Pressures Mount

Explore The New York Times (Dec 17 2009) Construction , Cap and Trade , Carbon Tax

... bringing immediate and binding emissions limits on the developing world, pressures are mounting in Europe and the United States to impose restrictions, called border adjustments, on imports from low-cost p......ce, Connie Hedegaard, the Danish minister who is overseeing the proceedings, asked negotiators from Norway and Singapore to study the issue early this week. Trade experts said Ms. Hedegaard’s selection refl... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Norway

The Green Grid Calls for Widespread Adoption of Data Center Energy ...

Explore businesswire.com (Oct 2 2009) Power and Cooling , Cloud Computing

...is available for individual data centers. These new tools provide data center managers in Japan and Europe with real-world data to help lower energy consumption and related costs, potentially extending the ......ance, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukr... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Norway   United Kingdom

More in Europe Look to Carbon Tax to Curb Emissions

Explore The New York Times (Sep 9 2009) Construction , Cap and Trade , Carbon Tax , Emissions , Fossil Fuel

...s to unveil details of a carbon tax. But the idea never caught on widely in the United States or Europe, where governments jealously guard their autonomy on taxes. Industries lobbied for a market-based s......h economic growth,” she said. Denmark instituted its carbon tax a year after Sweden, while Finland, Norway, Switzerland and parts of Canada use similar systems, she said. Some experts said they believed oth... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Norway

Britain's energy crisis - How long till the lights go out?

Explore Economist.com (Aug 10 2009) Fossil Fuel , Nuclear

...kept consumer prices down, but practical problems have long been clear. Most obviously, the rest of Europe (wrongly) failed to liberalise wholeheartedly too. The market is thus a highly imperfect one: Brita......d up in long-term contracts, optimists think Britain might be able to get more of it fairly easily. Norway’s North Sea reserves have life in them yet. New technology to capture gas from coalfields has recen... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Norway   United Kingdom

EU Hails Iceland's Membership Bid

Explore BusinessWeek (Jul 20 2009)

...eptember * Spain Risks Losing EU Regional Funds * Britain and France Record Highest June Job Cuts * Norway to Renew Regional Aid for EU Newcomers Story Tools * post a comment * e-mail this story * print thi......wo arguments that in the past dominated the EU debate in Iceland and prevented any attempts to join Europe. European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso welcomed Thursday's move by Icelandic MPs and po... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Norway