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Isn't Iceland trying to encourage companies to build datacenters there? Geothermal energy and plenty of cooling to go round.
by alexchamberlain 15y ago
Isn't Iceland trying to encourage companies to build datacenters there? Geothermal energy and plenty of cooling to go round.
- brunnsbe 15y agoAnd some volcanoes and earthquakes as well. Not the most stable environment for mission-critical servers. :-(
- alexchamberlain 15y agoFair point... One could argue that a company as large as Facebook (or Blackberry) should be able to cope with a whole datacenter being taken offline.
- pferde 15y agoWhy when they can save this particular headache by going elsewhere? Island would have to really make it worth anyone's while.