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are putting their mission critical data in our centres , and they have to trust that the power never shuts down . We have some of the biggest Nordic retailers as clients , not to mention banks , chemical companies , and mining companies , and we have the expertise to keep their information secure .”
DigiPlex has earned its 98 percent customer renewal rate . As well as offering the best possible service for data centre customers , the company maintains a personal relationship with them , helping them to reduce power usage : “ We can save them a lot of money , and that ’ s what we do on a proactive basis ,” says Murphy . “ We can say to our customers ‘ if you do the following things , you can reduce your power bill by X percent ’ – they love that . Then we ’ ll go back in six months or 12 months and reassess .”
DigiPlex further aids the industry with quarterly seminars in Norway , where the company gathers its customers and works through an agenda of anything they might like to know more about . “ We talk about how operations are going and gauge whether our customers have considered the latest technology ,” Murphy says .
DigiPlex is more bullish than ever about the attractiveness of the Nordic countries for data centres ; one major reason why is that the government of each Nordic country is reducing the taxes on power consumption by data centres . “ Cheaper power enhances the region ’ s competitive advantage relative to mainland Europe and other areas of the world . The tax reforms will further accelerate the trend of international customers choosing the Nordics as the preferred location to host their data ,” concludes Murphy .
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