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Kolos, a US-Norwegian company is planning to build a rather large data center located inside the Arctic Circle. Located in Ballangen, Norway, the area would provide chilled air and locally "abundant hydropower" will help keep energy costs down. Initial plans are to start with about 70 MW of power and expanding to more than 1,000 MW. The facility will span about 148 acres.
Amazon's data processing division is already thought to draw on about 1,000 MW of power in Ashburn, Virginia, however its servers are spread across the area rather than being clustered together into a single centre.
"But in terms of data centres, it's hard to see consumer-driven demands dropping off and there's the promise of the internet-of-things, with millions of sensors generating information that will need to be processed.
Amazon's data processing division is already thought to draw on about 1,000 MW of power in Ashburn, Virginia, however its servers are spread across the area rather than being clustered together into a single centre.
"But in terms of data centres, it's hard to see consumer-driven demands dropping off and there's the promise of the internet-of-things, with millions of sensors generating information that will need to be processed.