Green Mountain officially handed over the first data center building at the OSL2-Hamar campus in Norway to TikTok in 2023. The site went live in Q2 2024. Green Mountain claims that the campus will be Europe's largest data center run on renewable energy when completed. The site will have a power usage effectiveness (PUE) of 1.2.
| Distance | Site | About |
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| 0.06 miles | Green Mountain: OSL2 DC2 |
DC2 is the second building of Green Mountain's Hamar OSL2 Campus, which will consist of five facilities when complete.
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| 0.06 miles | Green Mountain: OSL2 DC3 |
DC3 is the third building of Green Mountain's Hamar OSL2 Campus, which will consist of five facilities when complete.
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| 0.09 miles | Green Mountain: OSL2 DC4 |
DC4 will be the fourth building of Green Mountain's Hamar OSL2 Campus, which will consist of five facilities when complete.
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| 0.11 miles | Green Mountain: OSL2 DC5 |
DC5 will be the fifth building of Green Mountain's Hamar OSL2 Campus, which will consist of five facilities when complete.
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Green Mountain AS design build and operate high security, robust wholesale colocation data centres.
The companyhas two data centres in Norway with plans to develop in other regions. The data centres operate on 100% low cost renewable power and use of free cooling creating unique power efficiency. Both data centres, DC1-Stavanger and DC2-Telemark have achieved Uptime Institute Tier III certification as the only Nordic colocation provider. In addition both data centres have the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications in place.
The data centre near Stavanger (DC1-Stavanger) is built deep inside a mountain in a former high security NATO ammunition store.
The data centre in Telemark (DC2-Telemark) is in the ‘cradle of hydro power’ in Norway with multiple local hydro power plants.
Smedvig is the majority owner of Green Mountain.
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