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Low cost renewable energy continues to power growth in the Nordics region - as a unique location for HPC applications

"DCP finds that there is the opportunity for the Nordic Region to continue to expand its market reach &challenge established Tier 1 European markets

DCP (Datacentrepricing), specialists in Data Centre and Cloud research, has published a new report into the Nordic Data Centre and Cloud markets.

The Data Centre Nordics 2021 to 2025 report analyses the Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden third-party Data Centre and Cloud markets over the period – and finds that the region is set for renewed growth particularly for HPC (High Performance Computing) users.

The DCP Data Centre Nordics 2021 to 2025 report provides an update of the Data Centre Landscape in each market including sub sea cable connectivity, Data Centre space, Data Centre power, Data Centre pricing and Data Centre revenues for each country over the period. It also provides a forecast for Public Cloud revenues in each of the five countries.

From the report DCP finds that the Nordic Region is dominated by the Swedish and Norwegian markets – which each have over 120,000 m2 of third-party Data Centre raised floor space. Both countries benefit from an abundance of low cost renewable power attracting new users with high density power hungry IT applications. Facilities are being built which offer high power densities per rack with the Swedish atNorth facility (at Kista near Stockholm) supporting up to 40 kW of power per rack (if air cooled) and 100 kW of power per rack (if liquid cooled).

In Norway, the Government is considering new legislation to encourage excess heat from the Data Centre to be reused in a nearby district heating network, proposing that companies who consume 2 MW of power or more to reuse excess heat. The Norwegian Government argues that as power costs in Norway are low legislation is required to encourage more efficient power use.

Selected Data Centre Providers in the Nordics are expanding their facilities in the region. DigiPlex, a Norwegian Data Centre Provider is to build its first Data Centre campus near Copenhagen with up to five Data Centre facilities when built out. Green Edge Compute AS, a recent start-up in Norway, is to open its first facility near Trondheim in Norway, to support IoT (Internet of Things) with plans to open in other cities throughout Scandinavia.

Iceland the smallest of the five countries has introduced a number of facilities aimed at bitcoin mining or HPC (High Performance Computing) applications based on low cost renewable power. Iceland has seen campus facilities from atNorth, Verne Global & Etix Borealis offering high power densities provided as standard.

With the emphasis on low cost renewable energy and the ability to significantly lower the Data Centre carbon footprint by deploying applications in the Nordics, " "DCP finds that there is the opportunity for the Nordic Region to continue to expand its market reach &challenge established Tier 1 European markets based on the most favourable energy costs in Europe.

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Contact: Margrit Sessions - 0777 625 4827 or email info@datacentrepricing.com

About the DCP Data Centre Nordics 2021 to 2025 report: The DCP Data Centre Data Centre Nordics 2021 to 2025 report provides analysis of the key third-party Data Centre & Public Cloud developments across the five countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. It provides the key trends in each market with Data Centre Provider profiles with forecasts for Data Centre space, Data Centre power, Data Centre pricing, Data Centre revenues, power costs and Public Cloud revenues for each of the five countries from 2021 to 2025.
Further information on the DCP Data Centre Nordics report can be found on the DCP website at: www.datacentrepricing.com

About DCP (DataCentrePricing.Com): DCP is the Data Centre & Cloud research business line of London-based international research organisation Tariff Consultancy Ltd (TCL). TCL provides a series of Tariff Tracker services for a series of markets, including mobile, 5G & smartphones. DCP also provides a Data Centre Trends Tracker covering the UK & European markets and has published a series of Data Centre Landscape Country profiles totalling more than 30 European markets together with separate Data Centre reports covering Africa, China, the Caribbean, the Middle East, the Asia Pacific. Further information can be found on the DCP website at: www.datacentrepricing.com