It's completely in agreement with what i said. It's under 1 megawatt what Iceland can host.
6.31 GWh / 24 hours / 365 days = 720 kilowatt Note that BMW has a new marketing campaign it seems. In every nation in Europe they did do an announcement on how many jobs they provide in that specific nation. This for nearly all nations i checked. New marketing strategy? On Oct 15, 2012, at 3:17 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote: > > (as we were discussing Iceland -- which has also other advantages, > as e.g. > the German Pirate Party is hosting some of its infrastructure there > after > having been raided on bogus charges). > > http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/bmw-hpc-iceland-verne- > global-95740 > > BMW Shifts Supercomputing To Iceland To Save Emissions > > BMW saves 3600 tonnes of carbon – while its cars generate millions > more On > October 10, 2012 by Peter Judge 0 > > Flash German car maker BMW has moved its high performance computing > (HPC) to > a data centre in Iceland powered by renewable energy, to save > around 3600 > tonnes of carbon emissions per year. > > The firm is moving ten of its HPC clusters, consuming 6.31 GWh of > energy each > year annually, from Germany over to Verne Global’s data centre in > Keflavik, > Iceland which uses electricity from 100 percent renewable sources – > Iceland’s > geothermal and hydroelectric generators. > > The move gives Verne its first big name end user customer in its > green data > centre (previous announcements concerned service providers like > Colt) – > though perhaps BMW might not be the first name it would have chosen to > promote a green data centre. > > The ultimate driving machine ? > > 3D graphic car CAD CAE HPC © Verticalarray Shutterstock > > BMW will save around 80 percent of the power costs of running > calculations > including crash test and aerodynamics simulations, as well as CAD/CAE > (computer aided design and engineering) calculations. > > This is of course a tiny gesture, compared with BMW’s overall > contribution to > climate change. The company makes a million cars a year, each of which > produces around five tonnes of greenhouse gas every year – so five > million > tonnes from this year’s production alone, and that omits about 100,000 > motorbikes. > > So the company saved the equivalent of one year’s emission from 700 > cars, a > lot less than one thousandth of the cars the company makes each > year, and a > far smaller proportion of its emissions overall since these cars > will have > several years’ of service. > > Iceland geothermal energy © Gislij20 Shutterstock > > Still, the reduction is real, and so is the demonstration of the > Verne’s > capabilities, along with the practicality of shifting major computing > services to a country half an ocean away. > > BMW tested the network connections from Munich to Iceland, said > Jeff Monroe, > CEO of Verne Global. “The test results were a critical factor in > their > decision to place production systems in Iceland.” > > The move may also have had as much to do with power costs as the > emissions. > With a big surplus and reliable long-term supplies of renewable > energy, > Iceland’s utilities offer very cheap deals and long term contracts. > Monroe > said this is one of Verne’s “core competitive advantages”, and > prices are > guaranteed: “We can offer customers a low, inflation-protected rate > for up to > 20 years – a significant consideration in light of rising long-term > electricity costs in Europe, the UK and US.” > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin > Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
