Børdalen Data Center Site

Big Data Valley in Børdalen is an excellent place for your data centre. Børdalen, located in Samnanger municipality in western Norway, is a strong junction point in the power grid. There is also the potential for an additional clean energy supply for the area. Construction could begin in 2019, pending the expected finalisation of the zoning process.

Børdalen is approximately a 40-minute drive from Bergen’s city centre and from the city’s international airport, providing easy access to a range of amenities as well as vital infrastructure. Redundant fibre connectivity is also available.

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Area

Suitable for: hyper-scale, co-location, and HPC data centres.
Site in brief: greenfield plot – ready zoned. Hydropower production area.
Area size: approx. 60 000 m2 in total.
Owner today: REGN Datacenters, commercial infrastructure owner.
Possible construction start date: immediate
How much of the land is settled/filled: none/not filled
Gradient of the land: flat.
Drainage situation: good.

Power

Electrical power available: 100 MW.
Possible upgrade: 200 MW could be made available.

Fibre / Connectivity

Fibre situation today: redundant fibre 300 meters from the site. Operator diversity is possible. Dark fibre & DWDM are available.

With regards to connectivity, data centres located in Greater Bergen can connect to London with a 16,5 ms latency round trip. The same route offers great access to Ireland and the US. Data traffic to mainland Europe will either go through UK, Sweden or Denmark.