Iceland looks to serve the world

Iceland now wants banks of servers instead of just banks

[kaled]

[news.bbc.co.uk...]

In Iceland, with its year round cool climate and chilly fresh water, just a fraction of this energy for cooling is needed. It means big savings.

Just outside Reykjavik, work is well advanced on the first site which its owners hope will spark a server cold rush.

Kaled.

[wyweb]

Seems like somebody would have thought of this sooner...

[bill]

I'd be concerned about all the earthquakes. Iceland it quite active geologically.

[Green_Grass]

Isn't too much ice and snow also bad.. what about heating requirements in winter.. How expensive is that?

Anyone know, ideal ambient temp. of a server farm..

[kaled]

Even if you situated the servers on Neptune (not good for latency times) you would only need insulation, never additional heating.

Kaled.