Iceland's Verne Global on 'Sustainable Cloud' at Smart Grids & Cleanpower

Explore Cambridge ideas change the world (May 24 2012)

...n this presentation at Smart Grids & Cleanpower 2012 at Cambridge University (New Hall) on 14 June, Tate Cantrell, CTO of Verne Global, will debunk the preconceptions surrounding powering the cloud, discussing gam......is not only 100% carbon free, but also more affordable than in traditional data centre locations.   Iceland, with its abundant geothermal and hydro-electric power, is a prime example. Cantrell will also cove... (Read Full Article)

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Running Green by Tate Cantrell

Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Apr 24 2012)

...bon-related pain to future sufferers on the Boston Marathon course. And that solution is unique. In Iceland not only is there a robust power grid that is built to an industrial standard that far exceeds the ... (Read Full Article)

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Debunking the Carbon Reduction Myth

Explore kernelmag.com (Apr 16 2012) Carbon Footprint , Carbon Reduction Commitment

...tion. How can firms mitigate the impact of growing compliance burdens and rising energy costs, asks Tate Cantrell. It should come as no surprise that reducing energy consumption is currently at the forefront of co......ts. For example, hydro-electric and geothermal energy are virtually carbon free and, in places like Iceland where this clean power is abundant, they provide companies with a long-term, sustainable, and most-... (Read Full Article)

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Video: Shipping A Data Center 1,000 Miles

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Apr 5 2012) Construction

...lt data center modules onto a container ship, which sailed them from northern England to Reykjavik, Iceland for delivery to its customer, Verne Global. It was a process that required attention to detail and ......erview of the process, with commentary from Colt’s Andrew Robertson and Andrew Britland, along with Tate Cantrell and Helgi Helgason of Verne Global. This video runs about 4 minutes. * Video: Shipping A Data Cente... (Read Full Article)

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Land of Vikings and modular data centers

Explore DatacenterDynamics (Mar 20 2012) Construction , Geothermal

...tween New York and London,” says Bhasin. Colt’s plan is to disrupt this market. Verne Global's CTO Tate Cantrell answers our questions on how the Iceland project developed. ICELAND’S SALES PITCH Iceland is slightly bigger than Scotland, and around the same size as the US state of Kentucky. It has a po... (Read Full Article)

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Engineer Q&A: Tate Cantrell, CTO of Verne Global

Explore DatacenterDynamics (Mar 2 2012)

Verne Global officially opened its Iceland data center in February. The company's CTO Tate Cantrell answers our questions about the project and his Icelandic experiences. DCDFOCUS Q1: What was the bi... (Read Full Article)

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Iceland hopes to export energy via datacentres

Explore ZDNet UK (Feb 10 2012)

...ergy beyond the three aluminum refineries currently operating in the country, Ossur Skarpheoinsson, Iceland's minister of foreign affairs, said on Thursday. "In the future, [datacentres] will be one of the m......ind in any other European country, according to the datacentre provider's chief technology officer, Tate Cantrell. In the next 10 years, Landsvirkjun hopes to supply one percent of Europe's datacentre power needs ... (Read Full Article)

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US to use climate to help cool exascale systems

Explore Computerworld (Feb 8 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling

...ast in the U.K. One project that is carbon free is a data center built by Verne Global in Keflavik, Iceland. The power supply comes from a combination of hydro and geothermal sources. The cool temperatures i......ta center. The company can "remix" the returning hot air to have "tight temperature controls," said Tate Cantrell, the chief technology officer. The air is also filtered. The data center also has ... (Read Full Article)

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U.S. to use climate to help cool exascale systems

Explore Welcome (Feb 8 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling , Cloud Computing

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US department of energy to cool exascale HPC with local weather

Explore news.techworld.com (Feb 8 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling , Servers

...oast in the UK. One project that is carbon free is a data centre built by Verne Global in Keflavik, Iceland. The power supply comes from a combination of hydro and geothermal sources. The cool temperatures i......ta centre. The company can "remix" the returning hot air to have "tight temperature controls," said Tate Cantrell, the chief technology officer. The air is also filtered. The data centre also has the ... (Read Full Article)

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US department of energy to cool exascale HPC with local weather

Explore da.feedsportal.com (Feb 8 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling , Servers

...oast in the UK. One project that is carbon free is a data centre built by Verne Global in Keflavik, Iceland. The power supply comes from a combination of hydro and geothermal sources. The cool temperatures i......ta centre. The company can "remix" the returning hot air to have "tight temperature controls," said Tate Cantrell, the chief technology officer. The air is also filtered. (Read Full Article)

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Up and Running

Explore blogs.techworld.com (Jan 18 2012)

...ting teams work in collaboration on the end goal of tying the burgeoning worldwide server demand to Iceland's dual source 100% renewable power grid. And while we will be finished with our intense testing ......ows | * Mac | * Linux | * Internet | * Google * * Archives | * Get Newsletters Power Consciousness Tate Cantrell January 4, 2012 11:00 AM Up and running * * * Tweet * Email to a friend * Print this article * RSS ... (Read Full Article)

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Take two aspirin for that headache

Explore blogs.techworld.com (Jan 18 2012)

...better, you will set yourself up for operational success. For our first datacentre deployment in Iceland, Verne Global has employed a regimen of more than just painkillers for reducing headaches at our si... (Read Full Article)

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PODCAST: Are Clouds Green? By the BBC One Planet

Explore BBC - Homepage (Dec 23 2011)

Hear Tate Cantrell, Verne Global CTO and Joe Cava, Senior Director, Google Data centers talk about the cloud. Our l......often reliant on dirty energy. On this week's One Planet, we go in search of the cloud - join us in Iceland as we visit a data centre, and find out how much energy we're using with every click. * Are Clouds ... (Read Full Article)

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Thanksgiving Days are meant for testing - By Tate Cantrell

Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Nov 25 2011)

...or mince meat pie, this Thanksgiving is testing day for Verne Global's new data centre in Keflavik, Iceland. We are winding down two weeks of intense testing of our Colt modular data centre product and as I ... (Read Full Article)

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Video: Verne, Colt Bring Modular Data Centres to Iceland

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Nov 24 2011) Construction , Geothermal , Cloud Computing , Servers

Verne Global’s new data center in Iceland will deploy customer servers in a factory-built modular server hall designed and built by Colt in i...... is housed inside a large structure on Verne’s 45-acre campus in Kevlavik. In this video, Verne CTO Tate Cantrell discuss why the company selected Colt’s Modular Data Centre for its facility. (Read Full Article)

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Silicon Geyser: put your datacentres here

Explore ZDNet UK (Oct 14 2011)

Is Iceland destined to be the new Silicon Valley? Or maybe Silicon Geyser might be more appropriate. I spen...... of modern equipment's ability to run warmer without exceeding ASHRAE limitations. As a result, CTO Tate Cantrell reckoned the datacentre "can do better than a PUE of 1.21". That's how energy saves opex. The other... (Read Full Article)

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Carbon-neutral data center powered by renewable energy, cooled by Iceland's chilly climate

Explore Ars Technica (Oct 6 2011) Construction , Data Center Outages , Power and Cooling , Fossil Fuel , Geothermal

...rbon neutral” data center before the end of this year. “It’s all about the power,” Verne Global CTO Tate Cantrell says. “Iceland has great natural resources.” Based in a former NATO facility in Keflavik, the data center is capab... (Read Full Article)

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Iceland as a Prime Data Center Location

Explore Relocate (Jun 30 2010) Geothermal , Cloud Computing , Servers

...re on “green” energy sources. In response to the needs of such companies, one country is beckoning: Iceland. The land of fire and ice offers a number of key advantages that companies can exploit to improve t... (Read Full Article)

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The Green Gold Rush over Iceland's Data Centers

Explore Earth2Tech (Jun 22 2010) Construction

There’s a gold rush mentality right now when it comes to building data centers in Iceland, according to execs of the companies that have been moving into that market. The latest person to r......mpanies that have been moving into that market. The latest person to reference this phrase to me is Tate Cantrell, CTO of startup Verne Global, and he told me it’s not uncommon for his ... (Read Full Article)

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Iceland Data Center Delivers 100% Green Power: Verne Global Video

Explore Smart Data Centers Micro (May 21 2010) Geothermal , Servers

...e of the opportunity to speak with a number of key industry players at Interop this year, including Tate Cantrell, CTO with Verne Global. Cantrell visited the TMCnet media booth for an interview captured in this v... (Read Full Article)

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In Iceland, Making Lemonade Out of Ash

Explore Light Reading (May 8 2010) Geothermal , Hydro , Cloud Computing

Iceland's reputation in the business community has taken its lumps in recent years, from the collapse of th......s allowed us to show how we were prepared, and that the volcano did not affect our operation," says Tate Cantrell, CTO of Verne Global. "Our facilities are built on an old NATO airbase in the southwest corner of t... (Read Full Article)

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Update: Iceland, volcanoes, and data centers

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Apr 16 2010)

...oon with Verne Global, which is building a data center at a former NATO Command Centre in Keflavik, Iceland. Verne’s chief technology officer, Tate Cantrell, said Iceland’s volcanic activity was a strategic consideration in their site location. Iceland’s predominant wind and weather pattern flows from West to East, so Verne chose a site to the west o... (Read Full Article)

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energy stored or energy released? - by Tate Cantrell

Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Mar 29 2010)

...rical grids that are highly efficient, highly reliable and targeted to industrial-grade consumers.  Iceland’s energy users are powered by two continuously available sources of green energy: geothermal and hy... (Read Full Article)

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