Reliable electricity supply now and in the future

Free cooling 365 days a year thanks to Iceland's climate

Multi-terabit-per-second connections to Europe and N. America

State-of-the-art electronic security plus on-duty guards 24/7

Ready labor pool of Icelandic technology workers

100% renewable energy to shrink your carbon footprint

Data Center Metrics Demystified
Data center efficiency goes beyond knowing if servers are still up. These days, data center managers are accountable for energy usage, energy efficiency, compliance, regulation, and the list goes on. more

The Green Gold Rush Over Iceland’s Data Centers
There is a gold rush mentality right now when it comes to building data centers in Iceland, according to execs of the companies that have been moving into that market. The latest person to reference this phrase to me is Tate Cantrell, CTO of startup Verne Global, and he told me it’s not uncommon for his web-serving customers to bring up the description when asking about the industry. more

Data Center Solution

The 18-hectare (approximately 45-acre) Verne Global data center complex is just west of Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, and is minutes from Keflavík International Airport.

Verne Global is located on the site of the former Naval Air Station Keflavik, a key strategic NATO base for over 50 years. As one would imagine, NATO has always been very careful about where they put billions of dollars of military equipment. Risk management is a top consideration for NATO. Like many of the world's corporations, the military can hardly afford the consequences of a natural disaster for both monetary and security reasons. After exhaustive geological surveys, NATO chose what is now the Verne Global site. The bedrock that lies within ten feet of the surface has been there since the Pleistocene epoch some 2.5 million years ago. All of the buildings at Verne Global have foundations that go down to that bedrock, resulting in one of the best safety precautions in the event of an earthquake.

When evaluating the risk of natural disaster, Iceland is considerably more resistant to natural disaster than the U.S., U.K., or India. These other countries interestingly contain many of the world's most concentrated areas of data center location. Concerned about seismic activity? Our site in Keflavik has a ground acceleration coefficient comparable to uneventful areas such as Little Rock, Arkansas, Central Wyoming, and the data center stronghold of northern New Jersey. NATO, like Verne Global, also chose the site because it sits well to the west of all of Iceland's volcanic activity. Arctic breezes and the gulf stream push volcanic effects away from the Verne Global site and toward Western Europe.

Iceland also has significantly less security risk than almost any other Western or emerging country. Its geographic location, low population density, and lowered post-Cold War strategic value make it an unlikely target for either external or internal forces. Iceland also has a low crime rate and strictly controls individual ownership of firearms and other offensive weapons.