NORWEGIAN DATA CENTRE INDUSTRY
Bjørn Rønning , General Manager of The Norwegian Data Center Industry , explains the company ’ s work in promoting the industry through its members
The Norwegian Data Center Industry is an association formed of seven data centre operators and power providers . Known as the ‘ founding fathers ’, these include Green Mountain , Stack Infrastructure , Lefdal Mine Datacenter , Bulk , Basefarm , Ringerikskraft and Statkraft . The association also noticed that there was significant interest from other areas of the ecosystem and today it consists of around 35 members – from power providers to hardware suppliers .
Its aim is to promote the country ’ s data centre sector through its members and working groups .
“ What really made us pull this together was the joining of forces on addressing the tax barriers that kept us from being competitive with our neighbouring countries ,” Bjørn Rønning , General Manager of The Norwegian Data Center Industry said .
The need for an association like the Norwegian Data Centre Industry increased during the height of the pandemic , which accelerated the company ’ s growth further and allowed it to identify the main issues the Norwegian sector is experiencing and how best to tackle them .
According to an analysis conducted by Implement Economics – part of the Implement Consulting Group – data centre capacity in Norway has increased by 17 % per year since 2010 . In 2020 ,
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