Building a Data Center

The official start of the construction project was on September 1st. CEO, Tor Kristian Gyland, showed the Mayor of Enebakk Municipality around at the site.

Espen Bøe is the site manager at DC3-Oslo. He was the first employee at the site and has been responsible for recruitng the operations team. We had a chat with him about his first impressions of the site and what he thinks is important when building a new team.

Building a data center requires substantial blasting of mountain rock at site.

Milestones:

• Ground work for external plant yard and buidling foundation
• Lay asphalt to barracks rig
• Steel construction in place
• Roofing work starting

FUN FACT: We had to plow snow to be able to cast

Construction Status Video

This video was shot in December 2019 and shows you an update from construction phase 1 at Enebakk.

Ole Sten Volland is the CTO of Green Mountain and has been heavily involved in the project. We asked him three quick questions about building a data center at this new site.

Construction Status Video

Despite the winter weather, the data center is rising. This video gives you a 5 month status of the construction.

The Operations Team:

The first employees of the Operations Team were recruited in March. Let us introduce one of them; Mr. Øivind Back

Speciality: High Voltage Power

Fun fact: He is a powerlifting champion with two Norwegian records in equipment-free squats. And he also loves gardening!

The Operations Team is growing with new members. Let us present one of them; Mr. Espen Losoa

Speciality: Cooling

Fun fact: He worked as a power plant manager for many years – even at the Svalbard island in the Arctic Ocean!

Milestones:

• Weathertight building
• Roofing completed

Construction Status Video:

The work is progressing nicely, despite some challenges posed by the Covid-19 situation. Here is the construction status video from May 2019.

Another colleague joins the Operations Team. Let us introduce; Mr. Kristian Nordstoga.

Speciality: Ventilation

Fun fact: He enjoys archery in his spare time!

Utility and fiber available to site

Milestones:

• Medium Voltage Energization completed and site is powered
• All key infrastructure components delivered and in place

Construction Status Video:

The completion rate in now 85%. See the construction status video from August 2020.

Permanent gate and fences in place.

Milestones:

• All external services connected.
• Internal fit-out completed.
• Completion rate: 92%

Construction Status Video:

We are getting closer. See the construction status video from early october.

Commissioning process. Testing infrastructure and all components.

Tor Kristian Gyland gives a summary of the construction of the DC3-Oslo data center at Enebakk.