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2012-05-162012-05-16No Dirty Coal in Sweden for Datacenters - Cleaning up the CloudThe recent Greenpeace report on the environmental impact of datacenters ("How Clean Is Your Cloud") points to the importance of location to lower the carbon footprint of the IT industry. "We are proud that Facebook chose Sweden, and extremely pleased that Greenpeace sees this as a step in the right direction", says Tomas Sokolnicki, Invest Sweden and the Swedish Datacenter Initiative. [... read more]
2012-05-042012-05-04New co-operation to attract de lux-hikersHiking during the day, three course dinner in the evening and then a nice hotel bed for the night. The hotels in Åre and the train company SJ will offer a packages to make hiking even more accessible. [... read more]
2012-04-262012-04-26New shopping center by the Norwegian borderNorwegian tourists coming to Jämtland for shopping is a vital part of the tourism industry. It is therefore great news that a new shopping center will be built in the village of Storlien. Yesterday the municipality agreed to a new local plan for the area. [... read more]
2012-04-242012-04-24Recruitment day for the wind power industryAccording to the County Board there are currently more than 100 wind turbines in operation in the county. Permission has been granted for 533 turbines of which more than 100 soon will be granted starting permission in Åskälen-Österås Park between Häggenås and Hammerdal. [... read more]
2012-04-112012-04-11Site in Östersund is prepared for large data centerJan Roth at the municipality of Östersund is full of confidence after the visit to the US earlier this year. - We have something no one else has. We have a site that is already prepared for a large data center, says Jan Roth at the municipality of Östersund. [... read more]
2012-03-152012-03-15Swedish city pushes Facebook’s plan-B data center siteÖstersund economic development officials on the hunt for the next big deal [... read more]
2012-03-122012-03-12Wind power industry will double this yearVindkraftcentrum.se is the regional coordinator for wind energy in the county of Jämtland. In their latest study they wanted to find out how many people were employed in the wind power industry in Jämtland last year. [... read more]
2012-03-022012-03-02How the Facebook win created hunger in SwedenFacebook has provided Sweden with a strong hook for a new data center industry. Four months on, Sweden looks to be trying to cash in on the win. On February 20 the Swedish government announced it will be sending a delegation to Silicon Valley to try and attract investors to its data center market. Its biggest carrot is efficiency, and low energy pricing. [... read more]
2001-02-162012-02-16Åre and Härjedalen in topWhen NyföretagarCentrums Nyföretagarbarometer (business ranking) revealed their result municipality by municipality it is clear that the tourism regions of Åre and Härjedalen in Jämtland are in top when it comes to newly started companies per capita. [... read more]
2012-01-192012-01-19SAS increase number of flights to StockholmThe number of passengers increased by seven percent between October and December last year compared to same period last year. A higher demand on flights are expected this spring which means that SAS adds two daily flights between Åre/Östersund airport and Stockholm in March. [... read more]
2012-01-102012-01-10Unique textile laboratory in ÖstersundDoes the jacket work as good with a backpack on your back as without when the rain is pouring down? What is the best shape for a tent on a stormy mountain top? Researchers at Mid Sweden University SportsTech program will try to answer these questions as a new textile laboratory will be built in Östersund. Special focus will be on women entrepreneurship. [... read more]
2012-01-042012-01-04Jämtland in top when it comes to newly started companiesThe number of new businesses started in the county of Jämtland rose last year and takes Jämtland to the first place of Nyföretagarrankingen 2011 [a ranking of all counties dependent on the number of start-up]. [... read more]
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