1. Articles mentioning both Verne Global and Europe

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    1. Nordic Countries Increasingly Attractive as Sites for Data Centers

      Explore The New York Times (Apr 30 2012)

      Nordic Countries Increasingly Attractive as Sites for Data Centers ...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...... on the center, Google has built a €200 million, or $265 million, data facility in Hamina, Finland; Verne Global is investing $700 million in its center in Iceland; and Green Mountain ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   The New York Times   Iceland

    2. Iceland Attracts New Business with Clean Energy

      Explore Renewable Energy World (Apr 23 2012) Fossil Fuel , Geothermal , Cloud Computing

      Iceland Attracts New Business with Clean Energy ...nalists in Reykjavik earlier this month while saluting an early catch: British data hosting company Verne Global. Verne recently opened a data center in a sprawling former NATO munitions warehouse on a windswept ......wept lava plain in Keflavik, 29 miles southwest of the capital, connected via subsea fiber lines to Europe and the U.S. Verne is just the sort of foreign presence that Iceland hopes will alleviate an unempl... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    3. Iceland Attracts New Business With Clean Energy

      Explore ecomagination (Apr 20 2012)

      Iceland Attracts New Business With Clean Energy ...nalists in Reykjavik earlier this month while saluting an early catch: British data hosting company Verne Global. Verne recently opened a data center in a sprawling former NATO munitions warehouse on a windswept ......wept lava plain in Keflavik, 29 miles southwest of the capital, connected via subsea fiber lines to Europe and the U.S. Verne is just the sort of foreign presence that Iceland hopes will alleviate an unempl... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    4. Letter to Ballmer, Bezos, Cook: Go to Iceland

      Explore SmartPlanet (Apr 20 2012)

      Letter to Ballmer, Bezos, Cook: Go to Iceland ...rd of in a world of volatile fossil fuel energy prices. It has good high-speed fiber connections to Europe and North America, which are set to get even better when League City, Texas-based Emerald Atlantis ......mpletes a new subsea line as soon as this year. That’s why London-based data center hosting company Verne Global recently fired up operations in a converted NATO munitions storehouse outside Reykjavik. IBM has lo... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Greenpeace   Amazon.com

    5. Environmental Monitoring: Europe Data Centers to Turn to Renewable Energy for Power by 2020

      Explore Information Technology (Apr 19 2012) Construction , Cloud Computing , Servers

      ...g and business development at the power company, Iceland has the “most competitive” power prices in Europe and offers commitments to long-term power-purchase contracts. “This makes it particularly attractiv......erm contracts, according to Landsvirkjun. Those data centers currently operating in Iceland include Verne Global’s modular data center built by Colt and Skyrr-owned Thor Data Center. Whether your data center is o... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    6. Iceland's National Power Company Offers Data Centers the Most Competitive Power Prices in Europe

      Explore MarketWatch.com (Apr 17 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling , Geothermal

      Iceland's National Power Company Offers Data Centers the Most Competitive Power Prices in Europe ...s environment. Landsvirkjun's power proposition is to provide the most competitive energy prices in Europe. Recent public quotes from the company offer fixed real rates of $43/MWh in 12 year contracts. In c......nd free cooling possibilities since the climate is cool and temperate. Datacenter facility provider Verne Global began operating in Iceland in 2012, starting with a 5,400 square foot hall in partnership with UK b... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    7. Iceland Bets on Green Data Centers

      Explore Pike Research (Apr 13 2012)

      Iceland Bets on Green Data Centers ...teresting to see a project you’ve been tracking for some time come to fruition. I’ve been following Verne Global, and its plans for a data center campus in Iceland, for almost two years, so it was rewarding to se......ar Keflavik International Airport. Iceland’s advantages as a staging post between North America and Europe are important, but it’s the availability of a dual-sourced renewable energy supply ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    8. Iceland Exports Energy as Data

      Explore Technology Review (Apr 11 2012) Cloud Computing

      Iceland Exports Energy as Data ... the world a new commodity: a cheap, guiltless way to store its data. In February, a startup called Verne Global opened a large server farm on an old NATO base near Iceland's main airport and began offering "100%......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 ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Greenpeace   Iceland   Europe

    9. Iceland, Data-Center Hub?

      Explore BusinessWeek (Mar 29 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling , Geothermal

      Iceland, Data-Center Hub? ... a convergence of attributes that tick all the boxes,” says Jeff Monroe, chief executive officer of Verne Global, Björgólfsson’s venture. “You have 100 percent renewable energy. We can do 100 percent free cooling......s Iceland, population 319,575, is seeking to reinvent itself as a secure data haven halfway between Europe and North America as it recovers from a near total economic collapse and the 2008 failure of its ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    10. High-speed transatlantic cable to pitch Ireland against Iceland as data haven

      Explore Irish Independent (Mar 25 2012)

      High-speed transatlantic cable to pitch Ireland against Iceland as data haven ...ic locations. Iceland has sought to reinvent itself as a safe and secure data haven halfway between Europe and North America as it recovers from the economic meltdown after the failure of the country's top ......mer owner of one of its largest failed banks, Landsbanki, opened a $700m (€527m) data centre called Verne Global on a disused NATO airbase in Iceland last month. The Wellcome Trust, a (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Amazon.com   Iceland   Europe

    11. Iceland woos microsoft for part of $41 billion data market: tech- bloomberg news

      Explore Bloomberg.com (Mar 21 2012)

      Iceland woos microsoft for part of $41 billion data market: tech- bloomberg news ...e island and capture a slice of a $41 billion market. Helgi Helgason, senior facility manager at Verne Global, walks past security units housing computer equipment used for data storage at the company's center...... The Atlantic island has sought to reinvent itself as a safe and secure data haven halfway between Europe and North America as it recovers from the economic meltdown after the failure of the country’s ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    12. Land of Vikings and modular data centers

      Explore DatacenterDynamics (Mar 20 2012) Construction , Geothermal

      Land of Vikings and modular data centers Verne Global built in Iceland where it is being hailed as a pioneer. Also revealed is a deepening relationship w......ers and distributors pushing branded and unbranded services into the telecoms and IT markets across Europe. Unbranded is typically wholesale and involves connecting the last mile for major telecoms carriers... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    13. Maximising the use of our Network Resources

      Explore blogs.techworld.com (Mar 8 2012)

      Maximising the use of our Network Resources The addition of Colt's Pan European Network to Verne Global's network offering at its data centre in Keflavik, Iceland has certainly increased the options for ......ty on a 1GigE dedicated link from our data centre in Keflavik to one of Colt's many PoPs in central Europe. In this case, we used a link that was routed over the 5.1 Terabit per second cable that crosses fr... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

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

      Explore DatacenterDynamics (Mar 2 2012)

      Engineer Q&A: Tate Cantrell, CTO of Verne Global Verne Global officially opened its Iceland data center in February. The company's CTO Tate Cantrell answers our ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    15. Colt Technology and Verne Global's dual renewably sourced data centre in Iceland

      Explore GreenMonk (Feb 23 2012)

      Colt Technology and Verne Global's dual renewably sourced data centre in Iceland ...Iceland’s volcanic activity, arctic breezes and the Gulf Stream push volcanic effects away from the Verne Global site and toward Western Europe. Read more: http://greenmonk.net/colt-telecom-and-verne-globals-dual-renewably-sourced-data-centre... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    16. North American/Iceland/European data center mindsets - Doug Mohney

      Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Feb 22 2012)

      North American/Iceland/European data center mindsets - Doug Mohney ...ican-based companies, there are some unique issues. The best way to think about it: Iceland is like Europe, only better. From the East Coast of the United States, Iceland provides a faster (lower latency) a......nal latency added when moving from London to Iceland, but that hasn't stopped initial customers for Verne Global's data center such as Datapipe and Greenqloud.  Latency issues are also mitigated with Colt putting... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    17. Icelandic Steam, French Bidding Wars: Europe and Cloud Computing in Early 2012

      Explore CloudTweaks.com (Feb 20 2012) Cloud Computing

      .... At Switzerland’s World Economic Forum, Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes announced that Europe is ready to pledge 10 million euro to a forthcoming European Cloud Partnership. Kroes believes with......ta centers which are critical to safeguarding the data that keeps the cloud afloat. British company Verne Global are looking to address this issue in game-changing fashion as they investigate Iceland’s potential ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    18. Iceland’s carbon-neutral data center opens for business

      Explore ITworld (Feb 17 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling , Geothermal , Cloud Computing

      Iceland’s carbon-neutral data center opens for business ...pe of business technology, including IT ... Iceland’s carbon-neutral data center opens for business Verne Global, which has been building a 100% carbon-neutral data center that uses renewable energy, opens its do......d backbone network with the Verne’s data center site, providing a gateway connection from mainland Europe into Iceland. The connection to Iceland, due to be completed by mid 2012. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    19. Iceland’s Thor Data Centre: In Pictures

      Explore TechWeekEurope UK (Feb 17 2012) Geothermal

      Iceland’s Thor Data Centre: In Pictures This month saw the launch of Iceland’s bid to become an international data hub.  The new Verne Global data centre was the main feature of the event, but there is already a shared data centre in Iceland...... 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 ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Oracle

    20. Q&A: Jeff Monroe, CEO of Verne Global

      Explore Data Center Knowledge (Feb 17 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling , Geothermal

      Q&A: Jeff Monroe, CEO of Verne Global ...rne is able to benefit from Colt’s experience in deploying these units in data centers elsewhere in Europe and Colt is learning from their Verne Global experience and can make improvements to modular deployments in other locations. I am sure there are... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    21. what i learned in iceland. no really! by Doug Mohney

      Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Feb 16 2012)

      what i learned in iceland. no really! by Doug Mohney By this time, you’ve probably seen lots of stories about Verne Global, clean energy, and how Iceland wants to "export" energy by running data centers.  Hopefully I can o......st price" of electricity is $37 per megawatt hour (MW/h) -- a half to a third of what you'd find in Europe. U.S. prices average around $100 per MW/h if I'm reading the numbers correctly. Third ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    22. The Growing (Green) Power of

      Explore Green Technology (Feb 13 2012)

      The Growing (Green) Power of ...alk of doubling that capacity by 2025, setting the stage for Iceland to export carbon-free power to Europe. Last week, I was in Iceland as the guest of Verne Global and Colt. Verne Global has built the industry's first carbon-neutral, 100 percent renewable-powered wholesale data center ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    23. Iceland promotes clean-energy data centers

      Explore Space News From SpaceDaily.Com (Feb 13 2012) Construction , Carbon Footprint , Geothermal

      Iceland promotes clean-energy data centers ...ndustrial history of Iceland," Skarpheoinsson told the online technology trade publication TechWeek Europe about the Thursday opening of 5,300-square-foot Verne Global data center. The facility is in a former NATO air base at Keflavik, Iceland. The new center joins t... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

    24. Iceland promotes clean-energy data centers

      Explore Outcome Magazine (Feb 13 2012) Construction , Carbon Footprint , Geothermal

      Iceland promotes clean-energy data centers ...ndustrial history of Iceland,” Skarpheoinsson told the online technology trade publication TechWeek Europe about the Thursday opening of 5,300-square-foot Verne Global data center. The facility is in a former NATO air base at Keflavik, Iceland. The new center joins t... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Verne Global

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