Iceland Wants the World’s Data Server Centers

Posted on Tuesday, October 13 2009 @ 6:00 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Iceland is betting its cold climate and abundant geothermal power will entice data centers to move their servers to the North Atlantic island country. Work is advancing on a state of the art data server center just outside Reykjavik. The country has also been laying fiber optic cable that will be able to transmit large amounts of data to Europe and North America at latencies of just 17 milliseconds.

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Thomas De Maesschalck

Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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