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......ope," said Keith Inglis, partner in the European datacentre advisory group at Cushman & Wakefield. "Google has built a facility in Hamina, Finland, and Facebook is constructing a substantial new datacentre ... (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)

...d hardened snow, a future hub of Facebook’s global data traffic is taking shape. Add to Portfolio * Google Inc Go to your Portfolio » Scaffolding still clings to its exterior, but soon, the structure will b......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

Is building a data center more sustainable than building a soccer field?

Explore datacenterpulse.org (Apr 29 2012)

...erated while I was attending a Sustainable Silicon Valley event in Palo Alto with the Ambassador to Norway, the Honorable Barry White. Is building a data center more sustainable than building a soccer field......kWh used) * That same 25 kWh cabinet filled with running servers can support thousands of gamers, Google searches, map requests, travel bookings, financial research, etc. all at the same time. It isn't al... (Read Full Article)

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Ireland/Iceland Atlantic cable aims for data jobs

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

... will help it to benefit from its renewable hydro and geothermal energy resources for data centers. Google Inc is building a data center in Dublin and Microsoft Corp already has one in the city. The centers......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 ... (Read Full Article)

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Ireland/Iceland to lay Atlantic cable

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

... will help it to benefit from its renewable hydro and geothermal energy resources for data centres. Google is building a data centre in Dublin and Microsoft already has one in the city. The centres would br......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 ... (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......herent technological issues with flash. (PS: that picture, which I took while at CNET, is the first Google storage device ever.) The picture, though, is changing. Sandforce has come up with a controller tha... (Read Full Article)

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Fjords, Caves and Mines: The New Tools for Building Data Centers

Explore Greentech Media (Apr 28 2010) Geothermal , Servers

...created a cooling system for data-centers that siphons icy water from 984 feet below the surface of Norway's Nordfjord. Now the startup wants to build the world's largest green data center in an abandone......vers. The company already attracted the attention of IBM and Tandberg. Now it plans to reach out to Google and Microsoft for the $100 million it needs to complete the project. Local Host has ... (Read Full Article)

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