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......acentre advisory group at Cushman & Wakefield. "Google has built a facility in Hamina, Finland, and Facebook is constructing a substantial new datacentre in Lulea, Sweden. "The cool climate is ideal for free ... (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)

At the edge of this small northern city, in a thicket of trees and hardened snow, a future hub of Facebook’s global data traffic is taking shape.Scaffolding still clings to its exterior, but soon, the struc......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)

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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 ......a Centre Advisory Group at Cushman & Wakefield. “Google has built a facility in Hamina, Finland and Facebook is constructing a substantial new data center in Lulea, Sweden. The cool climate is ideal for free ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Norway

Iceland Exports Energy as Data

Explore Technology Review (Apr 11 2012) Cloud Computing

...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, conc...... an edge. Greenpeace last year published a report excoriating major tech firms, including Apple and Facebook, for relying on coal and nuclear energy to power server farms. "We see this infrastruscture being q... (Read Full Article)

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The Evolution of the Green Data Center

Explore Triple Pundit (Mar 14 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling , Carbon Footprint , Fossil Fuel , Cloud Computing , Servers

... centers that use water for liquid cooling near a river, lake or sea. Green Mountain Data Center in Norway, which is carved into a mountain near a fjord, claims to have no carbon footprint. * Building orie...... carved into a mountain near a fjord, claims to have no carbon footprint. * Building orientation – Facebook‘s Prineville, Oregon, data center buildings align with wind patterns to tap into free cooling. Buil... (Read Full Article)

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Best of Data Center Knowledge: December 2011

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jan 3 2012) Construction , Fossil Fuel , Cloud Computing

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Ireland/Iceland Atlantic cable aims for data jobs

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...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 center l......" he said. Internet groups are trying to use Nordic locations to benefit from natural cooling, with Facebook building a center in Sweden and Google opening a data center in Finland on the site ... (Read Full Article)

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Ireland/Iceland to lay Atlantic cable

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

...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 centre l......" he said. Internet groups are trying to use Nordic locations to benefit from natural cooling, with Facebook building a centre in Sweden and Google opening a data centre in Finland on the site ... (Read Full Article)

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General Electric Unveils Efficient Data Center

Explore Greentech Media (Aug 18 2011) Wind , Cloud Computing

...n the 2 to 3 rating often seen in corporate America, but not as good as some champion data centers. Facebook’s latest Oregon data center sports a PUE of 1.07 and consumes 38 percent less power than average th......ool its racks. That facility has a PUE of almost 1: nearly every electron goes toward computing. In Norway and Finland, data centers are being located in mines and ... (Read Full Article)

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A Roadmap to Green IT

Explore Greentech Media (Apr 13 2011) Servers

...re are the main subsegments: Architecture and Design. Take advantage of the elements. Local Host in Norway hopes to build data centers in abandoned mine shafts, while test and measurement expert BaseN built......te hot air more effectively. Cooling. While ambient air is a favorite, other techniques exist, too. Facebook, through its recent Open Compute Project, designed and now uses taller-than-normal servers to chann... (Read Full Article)

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