Verne Global and Landsvirkjun team up
Published by Bella Weetch,
Editorial Assistant
Global Hydrogen Review,
Verne Global, a provider of sustainable data centre solutions for high-intensity computing, and Landsvirkjun, the national power company of Iceland, have announced a collaboration which will see Verne Global trial and deploy hydrogen fuel cells to produce reliable and sustainable back-up power for its Icelandic data centre campus. The two companies will work together to enable the transition to green hydrogen power produced with Iceland’s renewable energy, taking Verne Global even further with its industry-leading sustainability position. This data centre project is the first of its kind in Iceland.
Verne Global’s 40 acre data centre campus was designed from the ground up to provide highly specialist data centre services for organisations running high-intensity compute workloads, including AI, machine learning, high-performance computing (HPC), and supercomputing. Iceland’s stable, 100% renewable-powered energy grid ensures that Verne Global can provide these customers with long-term price visibility, while the local climate supports free cooling 365 days a year. Through this trial project, in the unlikely event of disruption to its primary power supply, Verne Global will use renewable hydrogen-powered generation to maintain its data centre operations.
“We’re really looking forward to working with Verne Global on this project and helping them further capitalise on Iceland’s inimitable ability to provide green energy,” said Hörður Arnarson, CEO, Landsvirkjun. “We’re proud to undertake this pioneering project with an industry leader, which will in turn provide us with key insights into leveraging hydrogen power across Iceland and beyond.”
Icelandic New Energy, which has more than two decades’ worth of experience in hydrogen energy transition in Iceland, will oversee the project and conduct a study, which will serve to offer guidance to the wider industry on the viability of hydrogen fuel cell back-up for data centres.
“We’re constantly searching for ways to improve our already market-leading sustainability credentials, so we jumped at the opportunity to work with Landsvirkjun and Icelandic New Energy to turn even our back-up data center power ‘green’,” said Dominic Ward, CEO at Verne Global.
For more news and technical articles from the global hydrogen sector, read the latest issue of Global Hydrogen Review magazine.
Global Hydrogen Review's Spring 2022 issue
The inaugural issue of Global Hydrogen Review is full of detailed technical articles and case studies exploring the entire spectrum of hydrogen production and its applications worldwide. This issue covers a range of topics including the current status of blue hydrogen, how cryogenic technology is helping to shape the energy transition, and integrity management of hydrogen pipelines. Other features include green hydrogen, simulation, transportation, compressor technology, and much more.
Read the article online at: https://www.globalhydrogenreview.com/hydrogen/30052022/verne-global-and-landsvirkjun-team-up/
You might also like
ITM Power's new subsidiary collaborates with Eternal Power for German industrial hydrogen projects
ITM Power's new subsidiary, Hydropulse GmbH, have announced a strategic partnership with Eternal Power GmbH to accelerate the deployment of industrial hydrogen projects across Germany.