From an environmental impact standpoint reusing existing buildings is a pretty spectacular opportunity because it allows us to deliver the project in a cleaner way, at the same time saving cost and speeding up the schedule.” “There were existing buildings on Verne's site, a former NATO airbase, that we could reuse adapting our technology to the facilities they had.

The climate allows Integra to build a facility beating American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) recommended conditions, specifically with a power usage effectiveness (PUE) better than level 1.10, without using any kind of mechanical refrigeration. Iceland is a very environmentally-friendly environment in which to build a data centre, he confirms. “We quickly found that their goals and their values matched our own very closely.” The partnership with Verne Global is based on shared values, he says. John Kolar heads Integra Mission Critical's design, engineering and manufacturing functions from its Akron, Ohio factory. “Figuring out how to implement that change and get it globally accepted is a challenge, and that challenge we rise to every day!” Innovation is essential in this industry, but nobody wanted to be first to change, Matt Koerner found. We looked to streamline design, manufacturing, construction, commissioning, and handing over mission critical facilities in a manner that allowed them to be more streamlined, more cost and schedule efficient, and ultimately enabled larger data centre companies around the world to achieve a more consistent project.” “From the outset we at Integra focused on solving some problems we saw in the industry such as skilled labour shortages.

Integra Mission Critical, co-founded by Matthew Koerner in 2015, typifies the level of excellence needed by Verne Global and the most demanding data centre users worldwide. The available infrastructure allows it to power its data centre with 100% renewable energy, and its commitment to clean grid and stable climate drive it to select only the most exacting partners when building out new capacity. Verne Global believes Iceland, home to its 40-acre data centre near Keflavik, is the best place in the world to locate high intensity computers.

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