Infrastructure

What is a data centre?

Data centres are critical infrastructure that enable businesses, research and education, healthcare providers, defence and security organisations, and public authorities to store, share and process information safely and efficiently.

The sector is characterised by stable, predictable operations that depend on secure locations, power and cooling.

Physical infrastructure

Power and fibre into the data centre

Our projects are planned for high operational reliability, with robust solutions for power, fibre, cooling and technical infrastructure.

Substation and cable corridor with dark fibre at dusk, with a data centre in the background

A physical facility

A data centre depends on

  1. Power
  2. Fibre
  3. Cooling
  4. Security
  5. Continuous operation

Infrastructure

On average, each of us uses at least 40 data centres every day. ‘The cloud’ is, in reality, housed in physical buildings that require power and cooling.

From energy to capacity

From clean power to digital capacity

Physical infrastructure. Digital services.

Visual chain from hydropower through transmission and construction to an operational data centre
  1. Clean power

    Clean power from hydropower / renewable energy

  2. Power and fibre

    Power and fibre into the data centre

  3. Servers

    Servers processing data

  4. Secure operations

    Cooling and secure operations

  5. Digital services

    Digital services delivered to society, business and AI services

Kiva Infrastructure

Physical infrastructure. Digital services.

  1. 01: Clean powerClean power from hydropower / renewable energy
  2. 02: Power and fibrePower and fibre into the data centre
  3. 03: The serversServers processing data
  4. 04: Cooling and secure operationsBackup and safety systems designed for high operational reliability.
  5. 05: Digital capacityDigital services delivered to society, business and AI services

Kiva Infrastructure

Physical infrastructure. Digital services.

Clean power

Clean power from hydropower / renewable energy

Power and fibre

Power and fibre into the data centre

The servers

Servers processing data

Cooling and secure operations

Backup and safety systems designed for high operational reliability.

Digital capacity

Digital services delivered to society, business and AI services

Local value creation

Investment with potential local ripple effects

Establishing data centres involves significant investment and is expected to generate important positive local ripple effects.

Data centre in a winter landscape beside an illuminated Norwegian town at dusk

Local value creation

From construction to operation

Construction phase

During construction, suppliers will be needed across building, electrical work, groundworks, consultancy, security, logistics and technical services.

Operating phase

In operation, a data centre requires continuous staffing, technical expertise, service functions and local suppliers.

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