Iceland’s data centers are booming—here’s why that’s a problem | MIT Technology Review

Bitcoin miners and data scientists love cheap, green Icelandic processing power. Maybe a little too much.

Iceland’s data centers are booming—here’s why that’s a problem | MIT Technology Review Skip to Content The southwestern tip of Iceland is a barren volcanic peninsula called Reykjanesskagi. It’s home to the twin towns of Keflavik and Njardvik, around 19,000 people, and the country’s main airport. On the edge of the settlement is a complex of metal-clad buildings belonging to the IT company Advania, each structure roughly the size of an Olympic-size swimming pool. Less than three years ago there were three of them. By April 2018, there were eight. Today there are 10, and the foundations have bee

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