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“ Now , if we want to start looking at specific countries within the Nordics and which one is the best , then that is often dictated by the needs of the customer ,” he explains . “ So the best country might be Iceland for some companies because they focus on low TCO and extremely predictable power prices – but that might not be for the next company the best fit as they would need more flexibility to markets .”
Nordic data centre locations aren ’ t always as remote as they seem – for example , Stockholm is one of many areas considered major connectivity hubs with access to other markets .
And the firm believes that other important factors to data centres and their companies ’ success don ’ t have to be compromised by putting sustainability and a Nordic location at the forefront – if anything , they will only be further enhanced .
Companies expanding into Nordic nations “ We see the whole spectrum of companies now looking to deploy data centre capacity in the Nordics . Everything from companies coming from more southern regions in Europe and Asia and the US looking to deploy everything from traditional IT workloads to the most high performance computing or AI workloads that you know that you can find ,” he illustrates .
“ Obviously companies that are considering the move are often focused
58 August 2023