INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Data Centres
MIRIS to generate sustainable
edge data centre networks
across Nordics
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okia has announced that
MIRIS, a leading Norwegian
real estate and technology firm,
will deploy AirFrame Open Edge data
centre technology to support delivery of
Smart City services in business parks and
residential areas. MIRIS plans to build data
centres in around 20 urban locations in
Norway during 2019, followed by a wider
rollout across the Nordic region.
City municipalities and the local real estate
industry will host the infrastructure to
support the first edge data centres. Many of
these data centres will recycle excess heat
and use it in local homes and businesses.
Nokia will develop and deliver edge
compute services to support a range
of innovative Smart City and Internet
of Things (IoT) applications, including
connected vehicles, gaming, massive
video compute and other demanding
local applications. Nokia Open Edge is the
industry’s first single-socket x86 server
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platform in a secured compact package
suitable for harsh environments and all
business segments, including enterprise.
Jan Gunnar Mathisen, CEO, MIRIS, said: “In
Nokia, MIRIS has an industrial partner with
a Nordic brand and global reach that can
provide a complete data centre solution,
including operations, leaving us free
to focus on concept development, sales
and deployment.”
Jerome Julien, Head of Enterprise Partners,
Nokia, said: “Data centres consume as
much as 5% of the world’s power. In this
fast-growing edge data centre market, we
are pleased to work with MIRIS on such an
innovative approach that delivers desirable
Smart City and IoT applications while also
helping to reduce the environmental impact
of these centres globally.”
Nokia is providing a complete AirFrame
solution including Open Edge hardware,
AirFrame Data Center Manager and
cloud infrastructure for IoT and real-time
applications, as well as professional services
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MIRIS PLANS
TO BUILD DATA
CENTRES IN
AROUND 20 URBAN
LOCATIONS IN
NORWAY DURING
2019, FOLLOWED BY
A WIDER ROLLOUT
ACROSS THE
NORDIC REGION.
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