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Datacentres are deeply unpopular. Has Sweden made one we can all love?

It is built of wood, resembles an Ikea and its power is totally renewable. Plus, it was built with the local community in mind. Is this facility in Falun the best datacentre in the world? ‘It was pretty cool, when they were building it. It looked like a very large Ikea,” says John Wernvik, of EcoDataCenter. He is giving me a tour of their facility in Falun, Sweden, which could lay claim to being…

Datacentres are deeply unpopular. Has Sweden made one we can all love?

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