Government Signs Contract for New Data Center

[Cees Binkhorst]

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een artikel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rg%C3%B3lfur_Thor_Bj%C3%B6rg%C3%B3lfsson
heeft hij banden met de Russische Mafia.

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Government Signs Contract for New Data Center
http://www.grapevine.is/News/ReadArticle/Government-Signs-Contract-for-New-Data-Center
8.6.2010
Words by Paul Nikolov
Parliament approved yesterday a contract between the government and
several private companies to build an electronic data center in
Reykjanesbær. The Movement objected to the deal on the grounds that one
of the parties involved is Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson.

The bill, submitted last December by the Ministry of Industry, was
approved with 36 in favor, 5 against, 7 abstaining and 15 not present.
The yes voting was a mix of all parties, both the majority and the
opposition. The no voting came from The Movement, one unaffiliated MP,
and one Progressive.

The law says that the government has made a contract with Teha
Investments S.a.r.l., Novator, Verne Holdings ehf. and Verne Real Estate
ehf. to build and run an electronic data center in Reykjanesbæ, a town
in the southwest of Iceland (near Kelfavík). The law emphasizes that the
property on which the data center is raised and the data center itself
remain in the ownership of Icelandic citizens, most likely influenced by
recent concerns over Canadian company Magma Energy acquiring a 98% stake
in HS Orka, Iceland's third largest power company, last month. The data
center itself will be 20,000 square meters and will use 80–140 MW of
electricity.

The Movement objects to the proposal because Verne Holdings is majority
owned by Novator, which is itself owned by Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson.
In a statement from The Movement to members of the press, they object to
the move on that grounds that Björgólfur Thor has proven to be
"unreliable in the sphere of business", and they encourage the ruling
majority of the Social Democrats and Leftist-Greens to show a "moral
example" by refusing to do business with Björgólfur Thor.

Reykjanesbæ has the highest rate of unemployment in Iceland. The last
figures from the Directorate of Labor put the region's unemployment at
14.6%, while the national average is about 9% right now. Jobs have been
scarce in the region since the US Naval base left the country in 2006.

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