Study: Iceland Schools US, India for Data Center Costs

Quick — what’s the prototypal abstract you assort with Iceland? Glaciers and blondes, right? According to a PricewaterhouseCoopers think (and whatever lobbying from the Invest in island Agency), the realty should be related with accumulation centers.
Not exclusive is the Germanic realty an saint pick for toasty accumulation centers with its cool climate, but the energy and hydroelectric noesis sources could ready the energy bills low.
"The think showed that island offers a modify outlay for accumulation centers than the US, the UK and modify India," boasted an Agency spokesperson. "Iceland also has the ordinal minimal joint set in the OECD at 15 per cent, highly complete IT fag at combative prices, and baritone realty and engage costs."
Sounds great, right? Well, there’s a grownup — and no, it’s not the pinnatiped attacks. It turns discover that the island is exclusive streaming 720 Gbps telegram connections today, with 1.9 Tbps to 3.8 Tbps speeds cod incoming year. Still, by our calculations that should provide us meet sufficiency instance to arrange our cubicles and prepare up whatever half-baked start ideas.
For every the deets on Iceland’s accumulation edifice superiority, be trusty to check discover the report at the Agency’s website.
Photo: Flickr/Petursey
[Via ITNews]
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Wed, 7th January 2009
