OPINION
15
By Olha Benesyuk, Presales
Manager, Flexenclosure
www.flexenclosure.com
The Nordic region is leading the
race to become the world’s prime
location for data centres
Nordic governments are committed to attracting and
developing the data centre industry and compete with
one another by reducing related taxes, and providing
start-up support. On top of which, the region’s political
stability, skilled labour force, reliable grid infrastructure and
abundance of electricity from renewable energy sources
are all key factors promoting the Nordics’ as a premier data
centre location.
All that said, the biggest single factor that sets the
region apart from its competitors is its cool climate. This
is especially attractive for data centres, as it provides the
option to cool the facilities with outside air almost year-
round. The result is significantly reduced overall energy
consumption and costs. The resulting improvement in power
usage effectiveness, PUE, increases business competitiveness
as it enables operators to provide cheaper services as well
as delivering environmental benefits through a lower carbon
footprint. Let’s look at three areas in particular that facilitate
successful colocation data centre start-ups in the Nordics.
Simplified site selection
Finding a suitable site on which to build a data centre is
typically a challenge in most parts of the world. Not so in
the Nordics where many municipalities – in order to attract
data centre companies to move there – will offer portfolios
of potential sites specifically earmarked for data centre
construction and with the necessary geotechnical surveys
performed and power connection plans already in place.
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