The company is establishing a new data center facility in Heggvin Næringspark in Hamar and Løten municipalities. This will be Norway’s largest data center facility. The plant has been named OSL2-Hamar and has a capacity of 150 MW. A total of five data center buildings, each with a capacity of 30 MW, are planned for the site. TikTok has signed an initial contract for 3 buildings. Green Mountain reports this in a press release. Parisa Khosravi is the Nordic communications manager for TikTok. She confirms to news that they have signed the agreement. Photo: GREEN MOUNTAIN Divided opinions about the data storage center According to Green Mountain, the project will create a significant number of jobs, both during the construction phase itself and when the data center is in operation. Jon Lurås (MDG Løten) has previously gone out in the media and shown his skepticism about the number of jobs promised at Heggvin. – At the very least, this is extremely unmusical. TikTok’s business model means that ministers are not allowed to have it on their mobile phones. Will Norwegian green energy get better? TikTok is said to have signed an initial contract for 3 buildings. Photo: Kiichiro Sato Running a data center of this size requires both technicians, security personnel, cleaners, support functions and management. Mayor of Hamar, Einar Busterud, is very positive. – Data is part of the green shift, and an important part of digitalisation in society. This is the future. – In kroner terms, this is the largest industrial investment in the Inland region ever. It involves 350 jobs, but the ripple effects will be just as important. – We visited Luleå and the Facebook facility there in the New Year and could see for ourselves the ripple effects this has had on education, research, business development and immigration for the region, says the mayor of Hamar, Einar Busterud.
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Green Mountain signs agreement with TikTok – builds Norway’s largest data center facility – news Innlandet – Local news, TV and radio
