[kictanet] Death of the Silicon Savannah

[James Mbugua]

I think they are merely moving data centres there not the companies;
Apples, Microsofts, Googles etc.

MPESA Servers are in Germany for example.

James


On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 5:30 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> 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!
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> Nairobi,KE
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