Tag Archive | Data Center Selection
Data Centres Europe 2011 Nice
Last week I attended Datacentres Europe 2011 that was held at 5-6 May 2011 in Acropolis, Nice, France and organized by Broadgroup. In its seventh edition, this European summit is for senior IT executives, analysts and vendors to network, discuss and learn about the latest developments in data centers. A great event, featuring 85 speakers with […]
Cutting energy bill of data center by millions
Also in the digital economy location matters, but by moving your workload you can save money. The location of your data center can make a difference in energy costs. “So can this be the starting of moving your IT workload, on the virtualized infrastructure, to the place where the energy price is the lowest?” was the […]
Data center doom scenario looming up because of carbon emission?
“There will be a price for carbon,” data center energy expert Jonathan Koomey said last Monday in his keynote at the Uptime Institute Symposium 2010. “We have to start thinking about how that price affects the economics of data centers. Carbon taxes will have an impact on where you locate your data centers.” He also […]
Iceland started green, emission-free data center, Vikings are back again
Yes the Vikings are back again, green IT Vikings. Yesterday, Nordic IT companies made several agreements to get Iceland first data center up and running. Yesterday, 21 may at 12 noon Icelandic time, the President of Iceland and Iceland’s Minister of Industry has opened the first Icelandic data center, at Steinhella in Hafnarfjörður, the third […]
Greetings from Lerwick, Shetlands: Colocation & Data Center Real Estate
Yes you read it right, Lerwick Shetland’s capital is set to be the location for the UK’s most northerly data center. Shetland Islands Council and developer Alchemy Plus has signed an exclusive Memorandum of Understanding and unveil plans to build a state-of-the-art 10,000 square foot data center powered entirely by renewable energy and using a powerful high-speed […]
Icelandic data centers: boom, boom, out goes the light?
“Iceland says its cool climate and abundant supply of geothermal and hydroelectric energy makes it a prime spot for IT data centers. But in the wake of a major volcanic eruption earlier this week, companies may be thinking twice about hosting core IT assets in a place where Mother Nature is known for being a […]
