COPENHAGEN, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- The anticipated new Apple datacenter in Denmark will significantly boost the Danish economy, saidDenmark's minister for trade and development cooperation here onMonday.
The American computer giant Apple on Monday announced theestablishment of one of the world's largest data centers inDenmark's central Jutland town of Viborg.
"An investment like this confirms that Denmark has managed tostrike the right balance between an ambitious and climate-friendlyenergy policy and a world-class business environment," trade anddevelopment minister Mogens Jensen said in a statement.
Apple said the new data center would be powered exclusively byrenewable energy, and surplus heating would be recycled back intothe local district's heating system, thereby minimizing negativeenvironmental impact.
According to Jensen, Denmark's green energy policy and strongcleantech cluster have played important roles in the investmentdecision.
"Not only does this investment confirm Denmark's position as aworld leader within green solutions and renewable energytechnology, the investment also underlines that we are indeed avery investment-friendly country offering attractive businessopportunities for innovative global companies," he said.
Apart from the data center in Viborg, Apple also has plans tobuild a similar data center in County Galway, Ireland.
The two data centers, whose investment totals 1.7 billion euros(about 1.9 billion U.S. dollars) and each measures 166,000 squaremetres, are expected to begin operations in 2017, Apple said.Enditem
