Google has broken ground on its first data center campus in Norway. The tech giant is investing $646.4 million in the construction of a new data center in Skien, Norway. The company acquired some 200 hectares of land in the Gromstul area of Skien, around 85 miles southwest of Oslo, around 2019. This is the company's first data center in Norway.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Aker Nscale: Skien |
Aker Nscale, a joint venture between Aker and Nscale, has partnered with Løvenskiold-Fossum Kraft Drift to develop a data center in Skien, Norway.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Polar DC: Heroya |
Polar DC is converting an existing building at Herøya Industrial Park into a 40MW AI-ready data center.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | BW Group: Telemark, Norway |
BW Group's digital infrastructure division, BW Velora, has signed an agreement to develop a large-scale data center at the 1,800-acre Frier Vest industrial park in Norway.
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In 2017, Google announced a commitment to power the company and its data centers entirely on renewable energy. In 2018, Google reached the 100% of their goal.
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