<div dir="ltr">I think they are merely moving data centres there not the companies; Apples, Microsofts, Googles etc.<div><br></div><div>MPESA Servers are in Germany for example.</div><div><br></div><div>James</div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 5:30 PM, Odhiambo Washington <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:odhiambo@gmail.com" target="_blank">odhiambo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="im"><div class="gmail_quote">On 29 July 2013 14:28, robert yawe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hi,<br><br>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.<br>
<br><a href="http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240186066/Facebooks-newest-Arctic-datacentre-in-Lulea-Sweden-goes-live" target="_blank">http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240186066/Facebooks-newest-Arctic-datacentre-in-Lulea-Sweden-goes-live</a><br>
<br>Regards<br><br><div><span><br></span></div><div>�</div><div>Robert Yawe</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div></div></div></div><div>+1 for that Robert.</div><div><br></div><div>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:)</div>
<div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Already, it's possible to cheaply get�<a href="http://www.ubnt.com/airfiber" target="_blank">Gigabit links via Wi-Fi</a> 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:)</div>
<div><br></div><div>That was an interesting perspective.</div><div><br></div><div>Back to my cocoon!</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br>Best regards,<br>Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<br>
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