Hi, Just came across an article about the move of data center locations to the cold arctic regions as a way to reduce on cooling costs and this got me wondering if we might need to rethink the location of the Silicon Savannah closer to the icy peaks of Mt. Kenya, we could have President Kibaki offer some spaces at his new home. http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240186066/Facebooks-newest-Arctic-datace... Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
Nice one Robert. Ali Hussein CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd +254 713 601113/ 0770 906375 "The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb Sent from my iPad On Jul 29, 2013, at 2:28 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
TONGUE IN CHEEK: average day time temperatures in Mweiga can be very high most times of Year. You want cold to cool, think of three coldest inhabited (infrastructure serviced) places in Kenya: Limuru, Timboroa or Nyahururu. I'd push for the last because there a fledgling university, with lots of land, potentially large budget, perpetuity, a master plan that includes green power, and equidistant from the places that have been quietly earmarked for development as Kenya's commercial hubs under vision 2030. On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 7:28 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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Hi, Robert don't scare me...what happens to my Konza plot then? and my dream of building a world class tech university in Ukambani. Judy On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 2:28 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Hi, Best advise for now, go and fence it with chicken wire then rare chickens and bring the eggs for sale in Nairobi, then run to Dr. Mutua and buy a plot in the Machakos Technology Hub he will be offering land for development at 1/-. Regards PS. Sorry for bursting your "gum" bubble Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From: Judy M. Muli <judym.muli@gmail.com> To: robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Monday, 29 July 2013, 15:37 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Death of the Silicon Savannah Hi, Robert don't scare me...what happens to my Konza plot then? and my dream of building a world class tech university in Ukambani. Judy On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 2:28 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Hi,
On 29 July 2013 14:28, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
+1 for that Robert. However, is there information somewhere which states that Data Centres will form a significant %age of the setups in Silicon Savannah to warrant this consideration? That's the only thing that would make your (rather scary) subject line to hold some water:) OTOH, you've just made a business case for the cold areas of KE and as PW states, it's quite feasible in in the areas he mentions - Limuru, Timboroa and Nyahururu. I have been to Nyahururu only twice so I cannot really support the business case, except for the green energy portion, which I feel is a major plus. However for Limuru, I can already bet my money if we had green energy. Already, it's possible to cheaply get Gigabit links via Wi-Fi<http://www.ubnt.com/airfiber>from Limuru to a place 13km away towards Nairobi or Naivasha - which could be the 'working centres' linked to the "cold data centers" in Limuru. If only the 24GHz spectrum can be availed for mwanachi's use by CCK:) That was an interesting perspective. Back to my cocoon! -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."
I think they are merely moving data centres there not the companies; Apples, Microsofts, Googles etc. MPESA Servers are in Germany for example. James On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 5:30 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>wrote:
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