Hamina

Google Google rebuilt a seawater cooling system at this Hamina, Finland, facility to turn it into a huge data center.

For Data Center, Google Goes for the Cold Sven Grunberg 2011

Paper manufacturer Stora Enso Oyj closed production at the mill in 2008, and Google saw the opportunity to fill the structure with the technology that contributed to the demise of papermaking in Hamina.

For Data Center, Google Goes for the Cold Sven Grunberg 2011

Purchasing, rebuilding and developing the Hamina site will have cost Google €200 million, but beyond this capital expenditure the single largest cost for data-center operators is electricity.

For Data Center, Google Goes for the Cold Sven Grunberg 2011

The centre in Hamina has pioneered a new seawater cooling system which uses a tunnel of water from the Baltic Sea to save electricity.

New Google data centre in Dublin will create 230 jobs 2011

Google Inc.'s opening of a €200 million $273 million server hall in Hamina, Finland, over the weekend is boosting Scandinavian hopes that other big Internet companies will choose to build data centers in the region, attracted by its cold climate and low electricity prices.

For Data Center, Google Goes for the Cold Sven Grunberg 2011

Google's center in Hamina has a staff of 90 people, while the planned server park in Luleå is expected to employ some 70 to 90 people.

For Data Center, Google Goes for the Cold Sven Grunberg 2011

In the past two years, it has converted an old paper mill close to the small town of Hamina, on the Baltic Sea coast of Finland, into a massive data center.

For Data Center, Google Goes for the Cold Sven Grunberg 2011

Google's new center in Hamina will be one of the company's most power-efficient.

For Data Center, Google Goes for the Cold Sven Grunberg 2011

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The club is in active cooperation with other clubs, companies, sports federations, sports academies, the regional SFS association and Hamina Garrison.

Reuters: Press Release 2012