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Swedish Parliament approves lowered tax rates for data centres
The Swedish legislator has lowered the electricity tax rate for data centres in Sweden to 0.005 SEK or $ 0.00054 per kWh . This 97 per cent tax cut will come into effect by 1st January 2017 and will be applicable to both existing and new data centres exceeding 0.5MW capacity .
The issue of lowering tax rates for data centres has been under political scrutiny for several years . The initiative has had a strong consensus across political aisles and has undergone an analysis by the government to assure that it gives a long term incentive for the industry .
‘ This Parliamentary decision sends a clear message that Sweden is serious about becoming the green home of the Internet and taking global cloud service leadership over the short and long term ,’ commented Peter Ericson , chairman of The Node Pole .
Effectively , Sweden as of January 2017 provides a 3.5-4.5 ¢/ kWh market case with close to zero carbon emissions and favourable conditions for long term cloud industry development .
Rick Abrahamsson , industry expert at the Swedish energy company Vattenfall commented , ‘ Data centre investors are now looking at a total running electricity cost , somewhere between 3.5 to 4.5 cents ( USD ) per kWh , which is a very strong case , most likely the strongest in the world compared to average total electricity prices for running data centres .’
Nycomm boosts radio capability with Pennine Group
Nycomm has recently acquired the Pennine Group in a multi-millionpound deal . The Pennine Group is a growing business that has been operating in the communications sector for over 40 years .
The Pennine Group provides unified communications , mobile solutions , cloud and IT services as well as its original specialisation in two-way radio . It is also a distributor of the analogue and IP handset businesses Interquartz UK and Yealink UK – and is set for further growth under the Nycomm umbrella .
Generating annual turnover in excess of £ 14m , this new addition will take the Nycomm Group – that includes the Nimans brand – over £ 100m revenue . It also gives the Group a product portfolio in radio , telecoms , UC , hosted , IT services , hire , video , consumer and peripheral products which will help build growth towards its next target of £ 150m turnover .
In addition , Nycomm will also benefit from the addition of Andy Roberts , who was managing director of the Pennine Group , to its board .
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