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Articles mentioning both Norway and Iceland

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1. NORDICS CONTINUE RISE AS LOW-RISK DATA CENTER LOCATION
  
  Explore DatacenterDynamics May 20 2013
  
  ...green energy and low risk from natural disasters (Sweden especially), according to the authors of the report. Iceland was the only Nordic country to increase its ranking, dropping three points because of its lack of conn...
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2. Iceland - Something to Sell, part 1
  
  Explore DatacenterDynamics May 15 2013
  
  ...he supercomputer used by the National High Performance Computing organizations of Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Iceland. The Verne Global data center site While colo is good, the “big win” for Iceland, according to Reykjav...
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3. Yes, European data centers ARE moving north by Peter Judge
  
  Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT Apr 7 2013
  
  ...kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Finland is often included (DCD does this) and many would also include Iceland, the Faroe Islands and sometimes Greenland. The Facebook effect is definitely driving data center bu...
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4. A Norwegian startup launches its green data center services
  
  Explore GigaOM Mar 19 2013 Construction , Carbon Footprint , Fossil Fuel , Hydro , Cloud Computing
  
  ... abundant hydropower in Norway, Gallefoss said. Hydropower accounted for about 95 percent of the electricity Norway generated in 2010, according to the International Energy Agency. Retail prices for electricity range f...
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5. New Cloud Laws Needed For Business Data
  
  Explore TechWeekEurope UK Aug 16 2012 Cloud Computing
  
  ...Switzerland, have qualified as having adequate protection. The EEA includes all 27 EU member states, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein but makes transferring data outside of this area difficult. While businesses and gove...
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6. Telecity Group Buys Footprint in Helsinki Market
  
  Explore Data Center Knowledge Aug 6 2012 Power and Cooling
  
  ...cing. Leading 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 of f...
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7. Green Data Center Event Focuses on Studies
  
  Explore thehostingnews.com Jul 31 2012 Construction
  
  ...trell. Another exciting facility featured at the conference will be that of Green Mountain Data Centre out of Norway. “In a mountain, by a cold fjord, you find the world’s greenest data centre in the world.” Though many ...
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8. In a Deep, Icy Norwegian Fjord, An Abandoned Mine May Help Solve The Energy Problems Of The Internet
  
  Explore Think Progress » Home Page Jun 18 2012
  
  ...ng software for energy efficiency represents another opportunity. In the meantime, however, a defunct mine in Norway can keep a data center nice and cool. And there’s something very fitting in the fact that a mine contai...
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9. Updated: Nordics emerge as top green datacentre location
  
  Explore businessgreen.com Apr 30 2012 Construction , Power and Cooling , Geothermal
  
  ...cond and third 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 growing p...
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10. Nordic Countries Increasingly Attractive as Sites for Data Centers
  
  Explore The New York Times Apr 30 2012
  
  ...ental groups. While the cold temperatures in the Nordic countries provide natural cooling, Sweden, Norway and Iceland are also leaders in the production of inexpensive renewable energy. * 1 * 2 Next Page » A version of t...
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11. Clean power isn't a leading concern for data center operators
  
  Explore GigaOM Apr 25 2012
  
  ... 1. Brazil 2. Australia 3. Singapore 4. Japan 5. Ireland Most clean power for energy: 1. Iceland 2. Brazil 3. Norway 4. Sweden 5. Indonesia Worst clean power for energy: 1. Qatar 2. Singapore 3. Hong Kong 4. Russia 5. U....
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12. U.S. Still Best Data Center Location, But Nordics Gaining
  
  Explore Data Center Knowledge Apr 25 2012 Construction , Power and Cooling
  
  ...rcing.Leading 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 of f...
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13. Innovative Nordic Supercomputer in Iceland
  
  Explore icenews.is Apr 20 2012 Construction , Geothermal , Cloud Computing , Supercomputer
  
  ..., Supercomputer Iceland, Thor Data Center National High Performance Computing (HPC) organisations of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Iceland have pooled resources and powered up an innovative joint supercomputer in Iceland. ...
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14. Iceland Exports Energy as Data
  
  Explore Technology Review Apr 11 2012 Cloud Computing
  
  ...able" computing services to the rest of the world. It's one of three data centers in Iceland and part of what Iceland's government hopes will be a new local industry. Iceland produces more electricity per capita than any...
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15. The Evolution of the Green Data Center
  
  Explore Triple Pundit Mar 14 2012 Construction , Power and Cooling , Carbon Footprint , Fossil Fuel , Cloud Computing , Servers
  
  ...onger distances. An often cited example for abundant low-cost geothermal and hydroelectric resources is Iceland but the remote location makes data movement challenging. * Server utilization – Average server utiliza...
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16. Iceland’s Thor Data Centre: In Pictures
  
  Explore TechWeekEurope UK Feb 17 2012 Geothermal
  
  ...ustomers up and running – including some international organisations. Iceland’s Thor Data Centre: In Pictures Iceland’s bid to be a cloud super-power is based on two data centres. We took a trip round the first one – Tho...
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17. Exporting power in the form of hosting by Peter Judge
  
  Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT Feb 12 2012
  
  ...ion. The big hurdle to get over is getting those outside Iceland to trust their data to the data centres in Iceland. The government is behind the idea, and has done some specific things to encourage it, according to Os...
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18. Thor Icelandic Data Centre Sold To Service Provider
  
  Explore TechWeekEurope UK Jan 5 2012
  
  ...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 sources, is only 30 milliseconds fro...
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19. Thor Data Center Bought by Iceland’s Skyrr
  
  Explore Data Center Knowledge Dec 19 2011 Construction , Geothermal , Cloud Computing
  
  ...+ Tweet + + + A look at the double-decker container deployment for opera in the Thor data center in Iceland. Iceland’s Thor Data Center has been acquired by Skyrr, one of Iceland’s largest IT service providers, he compa...
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20. Iceland-based IT company adds to enterprise with green data center purchase
  
  Explore icenews.is Dec 19 2011 Cloud Computing
  
  ...reen data center purchase Posted on19 December 2011. Tags: Data Centers, data centres, Iceland Data Center, Iceland Data Centre, Information Technology Company, IT company, Thor Data Center Iceland Iceland’s leading In...
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21. Emerald plans new cloud cable to the US
  
  Explore businessworld.ie Dec 5 2011 Geothermal , Cloud Computing , Networking
  
  ...e already 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 last ...
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22. Ireland/Iceland Atlantic cable aims for data jobs
  
  Explore 1450 WHTC Holland's Hometown Station Dec 1 2011
  
  ...e already 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 last ...
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23. Ireland/Iceland to lay Atlantic cable
  
  Explore businessworld.ie Dec 1 2011 Geothermal , Cloud Computing , Networking
  
  ...e already 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 last ...
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24. Iceland Channels Volcanoes to Win Europe’s Energy-Supply Race
  
  Explore BusinessWeek Feb 28 2011 Geothermal
  
  ...f 20 percent clean energy by 2020. In about 20 years, Iceland’s energy revenue per capita may rival that in Norway, where oil income has made its $540 billion sovereign wealth fund the world’s second-biggest, Armann sa...
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