AUTOMOTIVE DATA GOING NORTH
Automotive data going north The focus on the Nordics as the ideal data centre location has increased over the last few years , especially in light of the region ' s plentiful access to renewable power and beneficial climate for efficient cooling . An industry that has certainly set its eyes on the Nordics is the automotive industry . Their High- Performance Computing ( HPC ) workloads are a perfect fit for colocation providers in Norway .
The automotive industry is going through a massive transition . Electrical vehicles , autonomous driving , new business models and the race towards carbon neutrality are driving this industry through massive changes . This also means that automotive companies are having to store and process enormous amounts of data to make this transition . An increasing share of this data now finds its way to Norway . Here are two examples of international automotive companies who have made the move to the Nordics .
Crash Tests Using the Power of Water In 2019 , Volkswagen group moved its HPC operations to Green Mountain ’ s data center in Rjukan , Telemark . Two new data halls were constructed on the Green Mountain premises in only six months . These halls are supplied with up to 2,75 MW of power – that generates plenty of computing capability that Volkswagen and Audi will apply to run HPC projects like simulated crash tests and virtual wind tunnel trials . In comparison to a conventionally operated computer center , the facility in Rjukan saves Volkswagen Group more than 5,800 tons of CO2 annually . Read full story
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174 June 2022