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Bloomberg has an article that Apple plans to spend €1.7 billion ($1.9 billion) on new data centers in Denmark and Ireland.
It seems that Apple is focusing on green technology using only renewable energy for these centers:
The centers, located in Athenry, Ireland, and Viborg, Denmark, will be powered by renewable energy, Cupertino, California-based Apple said on Monday. The facilities are scheduled to begin operations in 2017 in the two countries known for their use of wind power.
The project lets Apple address European requests for data to be stored closer to local users and authorities, while also allowing it to benefit from a chilly climate that helps save on equipment-cooling costs.
This is good news for the two countries that have invested heavily in renewable energy, especially Denmark that supplies a quarter of all windmills globally. More local coverage of this can be found at the website of Danish newspaper Politiken (Danish, Google translation here) and Irish Business ETC
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Tuesday February 24 2015, @02:54PM
Perhaps they misread the map. Denmark ain't cold in comparison with some other countries in that region.
Oh, and when the sea rises, Tim's datacenter on that flat country will get wet ;)