[kictanet] Death of the Silicon Savannah

[Odhiambo Washington]

On 29 July 2013 14:28, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Just came across an article about the move of data center locations to the
> cold arctic regions as a way to reduce on cooling costs and this got me
> wondering if we might need to rethink the location of the Silicon Savannah
> closer to the icy peaks of Mt. Kenya, we could have President Kibaki offer
> some spaces at his new home.
>
>
> http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240186066/Facebooks-newest-Arctic-datacentre-in-Lulea-Sweden-goes-live
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Robert Yawe
>


+1 for that Robert.

However, is there information somewhere which states that Data Centres will
form a significant %age of the setups in Silicon Savannah to warrant this
consideration? That's the only thing that would make your (rather scary)
subject line to hold some water:)

OTOH, you've just made a business case for the cold areas of KE and as PW
states, it's quite feasible in in the areas he mentions - Limuru, Timboroa
and Nyahururu. I have been to Nyahururu only twice so I cannot really
support the business case, except for the green energy portion, which I
feel is a major plus. However for Limuru, I can already bet my money if we
had green energy.

Already, it's possible to cheaply get Gigabit links via
Wi-Fi<http://www.ubnt.com/airfiber>from Limuru to a place 13km away
towards Nairobi or Naivasha - which could
be the 'working centres' linked to the "cold data centers" in Limuru. If
only the 24GHz spectrum can be availed for mwanachi's use by CCK:)

That was an interesting perspective.

Back to my cocoon!


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