OSLO: Sweden<\/a>'s low electricity prices are likely to attract new data centres<\/a> to the country this year, according to Swedish utility Vattenfall, which said it is discussing deals with Silicon Valley companies and Chinese firms.<\/p>\n \n\tThe Nordic countries, which can generate electricity relatively cheaply from renewable sources such as hydropower and wind, have long been a magnet for heavy power industries, but are now attracting power-hungry data centres.<\/p>\n \n\tSweden, which also has nuclear reactors, tends to have the cheapest electricity prices during most of the year.<\/p>\n Vattenfall already supplies power to a number of data centres in Sweden, including Facebook<\/a>'s facility in the city of Lulea, which Facebook decided on Monday to double in size.<\/p>\n \n\t\"We are actively discussing bringing more data centres to Sweden with big U.S. companies. We also had our first discussions with Chinese firms that showed interest,\" Vattenfall's head of strategy Andreas Regnell told Reuters.<\/p>\n \n\t\"Based on these discussions, I expect this year that more data centres will come to Sweden, though not of the Facebook magnitude. But mega-data centres will come as well by 2020,\" said Regnell.<\/p>\n \n\tSweden plans to decommission two of its remaining eight nuclear reactors by 2020, but big wind projects that will enter the Nordic power system will make up for lost ground and keep prices competitive, Regnell added.<\/p>\n In 2017, Sweden cut its tax rate on electricity for data centres by 97 percent, with Norway<\/a> following suit to compete with its neighbour.<\/p>\n \n\tVattenfall said it would seek to win supply contracts itself, but added regardless who won the deals, new centres would be good news for utilities in Sweden, where margins are tight.<\/p>\n \n\t\"We will be happy even if it is not us that will sign the electricity supply contract... total consumption grows and that means prices will go up, which will create profit for us anyway,\" he said.<\/p>\n \n\tVattenfall believes other power-intensive industries can benefit from Sweden's competitive prices, such as carbon fibre makers, but data centres are its prime target.<\/p>\n \n\t\"Data centres are the number one, two and three targets for Sweden at the moment. After these comes everything else,\" he said. (Reporting by Lefteris<\/p>\n\n<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":64095582,"title":"BSNL introduces unlimited voice voucher for Rs 39","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/bsnl-introduces-unlimited-voice-voucher-for-rs-39\/64095582","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"seoschemas":false,"msid":64097236,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"After Facebook, Sweden set for more data centre deals -Vattenfall","synopsis":"Sweden plans to decommission two of its nuclear reactors by 2020, but, big wind projects will make up for lost ground and keep prices competitive.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/after-facebook-sweden-set-for-more-data-centre-deals-vattenfall","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"REUTERS","artdate":"2018-05-09 18:38:05","lastupd":"2018-05-09 18:47:38","breadcrumbTags":["data centres","Sweden","facebook","norway","Enterprise IT"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/after-facebook-sweden-set-for-more-data-centre-deals-vattenfall"}}" data-authors="[" "]" data-category-name="" data-category_id="" data-date="2018-05-09" data-index="article_1">
奥斯陆:瑞典的低电价可能会吸引新的数据中心今年的国家,根据瑞典Vattenfall效用,这表示它正在讨论处理硅谷公司和中国公司。 北欧国家,可以发电相对便宜从水力和风力发电等可再生能源,一直是吸引大量电力行业,但现在吸引耗电数据中心。 瑞典也有核反应堆,往往最便宜的电价在今年的大部分时间。 Vattenfall已经供应能力的数据中心在瑞典,包括脸谱网吕勒奥城的设施,Facebook周一决定规模翻倍。 “我们正在积极讨论带来更多的数据中心与美国大型公司到瑞典。我们也有我们的第一个与中国企业表现出兴趣,讨论“Vattenfall策略主管Andreas Regnell告诉路透。 “根据这些讨论,我希望今年更多的数据中心来瑞典,尽管不是Facebook的大小。但庞大的数据中心将会到2020年,“Regnell说。 瑞典计划解除其剩余的两个八个核反应堆,到2020年,但大风电项目将进入北欧电力系统将弥补失去的地面,保持价格竞争力,Regnell补充道。 2017年,瑞典电力数据中心削减税率97%,挪威跟进与邻国竞争。 Vattenfall表示,将寻求获得供应合同本身,但无论谁赢得了交易,新中心将是一个好消息对于公用事业在瑞典,利润紧。乐动扑克 “我们将快乐即使它不是我们将签署电力供应合同……总消费的增长,这意味着价格将会上涨,这将为我们创造利润,”他说。 瑞典Vattenfall相信其它有限的行业可以受益的竞争价格,如碳纤维生产商,但数据中心是其主要目标。 “数据中心一、二和三个目标瑞典。在这些一切,”他说。(完表
OSLO: Sweden<\/a>'s low electricity prices are likely to attract new data centres<\/a> to the country this year, according to Swedish utility Vattenfall, which said it is discussing deals with Silicon Valley companies and Chinese firms.<\/p>\n \n\tThe Nordic countries, which can generate electricity relatively cheaply from renewable sources such as hydropower and wind, have long been a magnet for heavy power industries, but are now attracting power-hungry data centres.<\/p>\n \n\tSweden, which also has nuclear reactors, tends to have the cheapest electricity prices during most of the year.<\/p>\n
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