THE WORLD'S GREATEST DATA FORTRESS IN THE NORTHERN POLAR CIRCUIT ?

Yes you read correctly. 

The greatest data fortress will be built in Norway. 

New data centres are build in north Europe again and again since a few years. Facebook uses the data space from Sweden and Denmark, Google from Finland and Apple from Denmark as well. Now there will be built a huge data fortress in Norway but with one little difference in contrast to all others. It will be greater than every other data centre around the globe. 

But who is responsible for this project?

The American and Norwegian company Kolos is behind this great idea. It will open the project doors under the same name "Kolos-Data-Crentre" next year. The function of the center is to secure large amounts of data for other companies. They already promote this venture to be environment friendly and the newest technologies for cyber-security will be used as well. 

The architecture firm HDR is responsible for the construction and already published the following pictures -

The building complex is located in north-west Norway surrounded by water and mountains.

This centre will be huge! 600.000 square meter to be exact. Just like 84 soccer fields!

The good thing about is that there will be more than 15.000 jobs after the complex was build. This is just a number for job around the project, up to 2.000 people will be working inside the data fortress. 

The cold climate is a lucky find. It cools the servers down naturally. 

The location was chosen to be Ballangen in north-west Norway, 225 km north of the polar circle. But what is the reason for that?

The building complex should be driven by renewable energy. It differs from previous data centers, which are criticized because of their large CO2 footprint and power consumption. The location has so many benefits, surely the cold climate is perfect as I mentioned above, but also the wind energy is profitable!

The third great thing about it´s location is the water which is surrounded from the complex and can be used to generate electricity. The water will also be used as a cooler to cool down the servers and will reduce the power consumption around 60%. 

Since the complex will be built around water, it will be a challenge to collapse into the building. 

According to CBNC -

Kolos company say the site will eventually draw on a record-setting 1000 megawatts of power

 -Personal thoughts about this project -

I believe that the idea about this location is great. There are many natural influences that you can use to generate energy. Water, wind etc. I am especially fascinated by the environment friendly electricity.  Since technology is our future, we need more spaces for data and I couldnt think about a better place than north-west Norway. The thought behind creating more than 17.000 jobs is amazing! 

Thanks for reading 

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Love, Soldier 

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