Data centres

Five sites on three continents. You pick one when you order, and your data stays there.

Where the sites are

90°W 60°W 30°W 0° 30°E 60°E 90°E 120°E 0° 30°N 60°N hel1 fra1 mrs1 yul1 sin1
Fig. 1  Sites by latitude and longitude

The sites

  • hel1

    Helsinki, Finland

    Cold air most of the year, and power from wind and hydro.

    Power
    wind and hydro
    PUE, sample
    1.12
    Uptime, 90 days
    100.000%

  • fra1

    Frankfurt, Germany

    Central Europe, next to one of the largest internet exchange points.

    Power
    grid, green contract
    PUE, sample
    1.28
    Uptime, 90 days
    99.987%

  • mrs1

    Marseille, France

    Where subsea cables from Africa and the Middle East land in Europe.

    Power
    grid, green contract
    PUE, sample
    1.30
    Uptime, 90 days
    99.971%

  • yul1

    Montreal, Canada

    Close to North American users, on a grid that is almost all hydro.

    Power
    hydro
    PUE, sample
    1.15
    Uptime, 90 days
    100.000%

  • sin1

    Singapore, Singapore

    The shortest route to most of Asia Pacific.

    Power
    grid, solar share
    PUE, sample
    1.35
    Uptime, 90 days
    99.993%

PUE (power usage effectiveness) is the energy a site draws divided by what reaches the servers; 1.0 would mean nothing lost to cooling or power conversion. The figures here are sample values for a concept site.