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Iceland's Data Center Push Finally Gets Traction

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the time-to-move-your-data-center-again dept.

miller60 writes "Iceland is poised for the completion of its first major international data center project, after years of marketing itself as a potential data center mecca. Iceland offers an ample supply of geothermal energy and an ideal environment for fresh air cooling, but its ambitions were slowed by the global financial collapse. But now the huge UK charity Wellcome Trust has provided funding to complete a new data center in a former NATO facility in Keflavik."

7 of 117 comments (clear)

  1. Re:What is the bandwith to iceland anyways? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I would rather build my data centre in Lazytown.

  2. Location by Lazlo+Woodbine · · Score: 2, Funny

    I prefer my data-center to be further away from active volcanoes.

  3. Never underestimate the bandwidth... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...of a floating ice floe. The latency might be large, but it will definitely outperform a Volkswagen.

  4. Re:Eastern Canada then? by ColdWetDog · · Score: 3, Funny

    I almost wonder why i don't hear more about data center hosting in Quebec,

    Because nobody wants to translate all the packets to French and back again.

    --
    Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
  5. Re:Eastern Canada then? by nazsco · · Score: 4, Funny

    actually, you would be required to have your packets with headers in both languages.

  6. The server isn't responding by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Yeah, I think it's frozen"

  7. Iceland - the McDLT of Countries by hedgemage · · Score: 2, Funny

    It keeps the hot side hot and the cold side cold.
    sigh... I'm old.