Comments on: Just Too Rich…Google Buys A Paper Mill ….

By: Bertil Hatt

Bertil Hatt — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:23:23 +0000

I’m wondering: has Google been thinking to use the warm water for public use?

By: the furobiker

the furobiker — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:44:09 +0000

It happens in India also. People buy old paper mills and use the land for other purposes

By: Txematools

Txematools — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:40:00 +0000

There is a first class datacenter in Madrid (more than 8K m2), located in a former paper mill, Interxion. The building is rocket proof and quite appropriate for this kind of facility.

By: Artı

Artı — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:50:43 +0000

Google has dozens of data centers, or server farms, which consume significant amounts of energy, around the world.

I think in early 2008 Stora Enso closed down the loss-making Summa mill, which consumed 1,000 gigawatt hours of electricity per year, after nearly 53 years in operation.

The oldest parts of the mill were designed by renowned Finnish architect Alvar Aalto.

Stora Enso and Google have agreed that part of the mill site will be transferred to the city of Hamina for other industrial uses. The sale is expected to close by the end of the first quarter 2009.

By: Tomi itkonen

Tomi itkonen — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:05:52 +0000

Programmer Helper, is there an echo in here – or are you a bot, no offense?

By: Pronostic Sportiv

Pronostic Sportiv — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:23:14 +0000

I did not hear a Google project that has not ending with great results. We only wish good luck!

By: Programmer Helper

Programmer Helper — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:42:42 +0000

I read in a different report that G is planning to give a portion of the land/facility to the local municipality….which would be a nice gesture.

By: Tom Crowl

Tom Crowl — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:07:26 +0000

Google Irony!

Poetic Evolution

While Doing No Harm...

(That's a Haiku for Google)

I think I'll twitter it!

By: mfed

mfed — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:36:37 +0000

John....chuckled when i saw your item on google and the paper mill. I pitched them this idea a couple of years ago when I was on the Governor of Maine's economic development board. Plan was to take over the cavernous mills that are all on rivers and have hydro power already in place. They liked the idea but Maine couldn't get the $ p/KW price where google insisted it needed to be. Evidently the Finns did.

By: Tomi Itkonen

Tomi Itkonen — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:14:05 +0000

Yeah. The mill is nearby. There's good infrastructure (stable power, cooling, ...) for a datacenter already in place.

I actually checked if it's April the 1st already. It was a surprise move: an old brick-and-mortar meets a young bits-and-packets.