YANDEX OY
Yandex operates ten data centres around the world was by no means accidental .
“ There are many reasons why Yandex felt Finland was a good choice ,” reflects Kurvi . “ The power quality is very good , the cost of electricity is better than some other western countries , there ’ s a good availability of skilled labour , and the region ’ s strong fibre connectivity is also very important .
“ We use direct air-cooling in almost every data centre we have and , in this respect , the Finnish climate and clean air quality make this location optimal as there is cold , clean air available for cooling purposes .
“ As well as this , the local energy company was very willing to cooperate with us and build this ground-breaking new approach to heat production ,” he adds .
“ In this region , they ’ ve already lowered the district heat price by 10 % because they can reuse our excess heat . In this way , we have a very good citizenship approach . I think we are very well-known and well-accepted here because of this .”
244 May 2018