The future layout of Verne Global's new data center complex in Iceland.
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Wholesale data center developer Verne Global (www.verneglobal.com) recently announced it is constructing the first international data center in Iceland, where it is converting a former NATO command center into a data center.
KEF001 will be the first of four building phases, designed to take full advantage of Iceland’s infrastructure and environment.
London-based charitable organization Wellcome Trust (www.wellcome.ac.uk) will make an equity investment into the project, which will finance the construction of the first phase.
The investment will solidify Wellcome as the largest investor in Verne.
Verne says the data center, whose total footprint is about 430,600 square feet, will be designed around LEED Gold standards.
The facility will deploy innovative practices of HVAC and adaptive reuse of the world-class facilities already in place.
As a result, the data center will benefit from the large amount of free cooling available in Iceland, as well as its renewable energy sources and constant power rates.
With “concurrent maintainability” as the foundation of its design, KEF001 will exceed the Uptime Institute’s Tier III standard for facility infrastructure, says Verne.
The data center site will offer both redundant access to Iceland’s renewable power resources and the secured campus area, allowing for customized building solutions of up to 14,763 square feet of critical environment and up to 140MW of total renewable power.
“Large scale customers face a critical need to reduce substantially the power costs and carbon footprints of data centers,” Wellcome Trust Investment Division’s Dominic Ward said in a statement. “Verne Global is breaking new ground in using Iceland’s natural green resources to mitigate both increasing emissions and rising energy costs.”
Iceland has become a hotbed for data center activity in recent years. According to a study in 2008 by PricewaterhouseCoopers Belgium, the country has become one of the most attractive regions for the growing offshore data center market because of its cool climate and low electricity costs.
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