A sustainable vision
At a time when sustainability is a key talking point in the data centre space , one of Europe ’ s largest internet companies is blowing the competition away with sustainable data centre operations
Grappling with some of the largest behemoths in the tech industry , in Russia , it ’ s Yandex which reigns supreme .
Commanding 54 % of the market in the region , Yandex owns Russia ’ s most popular search engine which also stands as the fourth most popular search engine globally – yet that ’ s not all it offers .
Some 19mn people log into its online marketplace , Yandex . Market every month and its service , Yandex . Taxi accounts for 60 % of Moscow ’ s taxi rides . On top of this , the Russian firm also offers products like translation services , map services , crowdsourcing tools and more .
Right across its portfolio , Yandex strives to make everyday life simple , using data to empower its customers .
Now the Russian web giant is , quite literally , giving power to citizens , with its state-of-the-art data colocation centre in Finland . Standing proudly in the southern province of Mäntsälä , Yandex ’ s data centre is a mammoth operation to behold , with five data halls at 500 sqm each .
A sustainable vision
More impressive though , is the fact that this data centre is heating the local district ’ s water by reusing its waste energy .
“ As a dynamic technology company , we want to lead the way and bring new ideas and new innovations to the industry ,” explains Ari Kurvi , the firm ’ s Data Centre Manager . “ For us ,
240 May 2018