Verne Global is a UK-headquartered company that provides data center solutions for enterprise and
hyperscalers. It provides colocation and cloud services to a variety of enterprises and hyperscalers across financial services, earth sciences, life sciences, engineering, scientific research and AI including
BMW,
Volkswagen,
Earlham Institute
Earlham Institute (EI, formerly The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC)) is a life science research institute located at the Norwich Research Park (NRP), Norwich, England. EI's research is focused on exploring living systems by applying computationa ...
,
DeepL, Peptone, Threatmetrix,
Datto
Verne Global operates a 40-acre data center campus near Keflavik in Iceland commissioned in 2012. The company provides an environment for high performance computing (HPC),
supercomputing
A supercomputer is a computer with a high level of performance as compared to a general-purpose computer. The performance of a supercomputer is commonly measured in floating-point operations per second (FLOPS) instead of million instructions ...
and other high intensity computing workloads, as well as complete life-cycle support. The Iceland datacenter is powered with 100% renewable energy.
Location
Verne Global is located on the site of the former
Naval Air Station Keflavik, which more recently served as a
NATO airbase. Iceland was regarded as the lowest risk data center location globally by Cushman and Wakefield in 2016.
Iceland is connected via different subsea cables to North America (via Greenland Connect), Europe (via DANICE) and the UK (via FARICE). A further connection called IRIS will connect Iceland to the technology hub of Dublin, Ireland, expected to be completed in 2022.
Sustainability
Iceland's power grid is fuelled by 100% renewable energy in the form of hydro-electric and geothermal power. Verne Global capitalises on
Iceland's natural supply of renewable energy to fuel its energy-intensive operations, and mitigate the environmental effects of running artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads.
Iceland's temperate climate also means the data center campus utilises free air cooling to keep its hardware cool all year round.
Funding
The company is owned by
Digital 9 Infrastructure
Digital 9 Infrastructure is an investment company which invests in digital infrastructure. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The company is managed by Triple Point Investment Management, a firm ...
since September 2021 who bought it from a consortium including
Novator Partners
Novator Partners LLP is a British private equity investment firm based in London owned by Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson.
Assets overview
The company specializes in investments in companies based in emerging markets. Industries by which it fo ...
, General Catalyst Partners,
The Wellcome Trust
The Wellcome Trust is a charitable foundation focused on health research based in London, in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1936 with legacies from the pharmaceutical magnate Henry Wellcome (founder of one of the predecessors of Glaxo ...
and Iceland-based Stefnir.
In 2023, Digital 9 Infrastructure agreed to sell its stake in Verne Global for $575 million.
Technology Partners
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Dell Technologies Inc.
Verne Global is a Dell Technologies Platinum Partner.
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NVIDIA Corporation
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Verne Global is an NVIDIA Preferred Partner and its data center campus is certified as NVIDIA DGX-Ready.
Compliance
The company is ISO 27001 certified, PCI compliant and HIPAA compliant.
References
[Cushman & Wakefield Data Center Risk Index 2016
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