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18 June 2019 08:00

Volkswagen Group officially opens data centre at Green Mountain’s colocation site in Norway - powered by 100% renewable energy.

• Built in only 6 months and runs entirely on renewable hydroelectric power. High-tech cooling solutions also make it very energy-efficient • The Volkswagen Group will use computing power for the digitalized vehicle development of Volkswagen Cars and AUDI brands • The government’s data center strategy has been an important factor in attracting large-scale international customers to Norway

18 June 2019 08:00

Offisiell åpningsseremoni hos Green Mountain: Volkswagen Group åpner datasenter på Rjukan

• Regjeringens datasenterstrategi har vært en viktig faktor for å tiltrekke seg store internasjonale kunder til Norge. • Volkswagen Gruppen vil bruke datakraften i senteret til sine utviklingsprosjekter for Volkswagen og Audi passasjerbiler. • Datasenteret ble bygget på kun 6 måneder og er drevet av grønn vannkraft samtidig som moderne kjøleløsninger gjør det meget energieffektivt.

7 June 2019 12:58

Excellence in Regional Data Centre Award Europe

Green Mountain was announced the winner of the “Excellence in Regional Data Centre Award Europe” during the Datacloud Awards 2019. CEO, Tor Kristian Gyland, accepted the award at the gala dinner at Le Sporting Club in Monte Carlo on June 4th.

30 April 2019 08:00

Update from the Green Mountain CEO

Green Mountain CEO, Tor Kristian Gyland, gives his thoughts on the recent developments for Green Mountain and the outlook for the rest of 2019.

15 April 2019 14:01

Green Mountain shortlisted in three categories for DCS Awards 2019

Green Mountain, one of the world’s greenest operators of high security, robust wholesale colocation data centres, has been shortlisted for three awards at the upcoming DCS Awards. The DCS awards are designed to reward the product designers, manufacturers, suppliers and providers operating in data centre arena.

21 November 2018 11:53

Green Mountain continue to expand at DC2 Telemark – Rjukan

Norway’s market leading data centre provider Green Mountain have seen tremendous growth through 2018, and have now signed an agreement to expand their footprint at DC2 Telemark – Rjukan.

9 October 2018 11:40

Green Mountain Invests In Schneider Electric Prefabricated Data Centre Modules to Double its Norway Colocation Capacity

Green Mountain’s €31.5M investment will increase data centre capacity by 35MW across two sites in Stavanger and Telemark. Integrated solution includes Schneider Electric Prefabricated Data Centre Power and Cooling modules with LV & MV switchgear. Schneider Electric picked to ensure 6-month deployment deadline is achieved.

9 August 2018 12:04

BeeBills ascends Green Mountain – The road to a greener invoice system

The world is changing around us. It is now more important than ever for companies to think green. BeeBills strive to be a part of the solution and not the problem and have now moved our servers to Norwegian data centre provider Green Mountain. Built in a former NATO facility in Norway, Green Mountain is a data centre which offers 100% renewable power and free cooling 365 days a year.

1 July 2018 09:34

4 trends affecting IT

​Sometimes summer gives you the opportunity to reflect for a moment. As we met up in the office in August a few of us realized we had been thinking about the same thing – what’s going on in the IT market these days – and how can we help companies to be better prepared for the future?

12 June 2018 14:04

Green Mountain receives Datacloud Europe honorary award

Congratulations to Knut Molaug, former Green Mountain CEO, now Board member, for a well deserved honorary award from the global data centre industry, Leader of the Year! He wins on behalf of Green Mountain for his brilliant work towards customers and communities, the whole data centre industry AND Norway! Thanks Datacloud Europe & Awards 2018 for giving Knut and Green Mountain this honorary award!

12 June 2018 13:18

Green Mountain Wins prestigious Award at Datacloud Europe 2018

BroadGroup, the information media technology and professional services company, today announced the winners of the prestigious 11th Datacloud Awards. Recognised as the annual bellwether for the data centre and cloud industry, the awards recognise the leading individuals and companies shaping the global data economy and honour innovation, service excellence and diversity.

5 June 2018 14:49

Fagdata move their cloud to Green Mountain

Fagdata, one of Scandinavia’s technology-leading cloud companies, has today signed an agreement on data centre services with Green Mountain, Norway’s leading data centre operator, to provide secure cloud services to its customers, to promote growth and to meet increased demand from customers.