GDA’s Chairwoman Anna Klaft is pleased that the Norwegian data center has joined the association: "This once again manifests our cross-border perspective: only together can we succeed in securing Europe's digital sovereignty!"
On the west coast of Norway, the Lefdal Mine Datacenter with over 120,000 square meters of data center space is being built in a former mine. It is operated exclusively with renewable energy from wind and water power, and the water from the nearby fjord provides free cooling for the facilities. Accordingly, energy costs are very low and the data center achieves a PUE value of less than 1.15.
The available space is highly variable and can be used in different ways. Due to the size and capacity of the former mine and its tunnels, which are up to 16 meters high, various scalable and cost-effective solutions are possible. Mainly classic individually built whitespaces and container solutions are used, which can be operated non-redundantly and redundantly (Tier III). The planned total capacity of the data center is more than 200MW.
