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Re:Hetzner Cloud by Maakuth on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @05:32AM (#16212407)
They are also in process of building out in Finland (https://www.cinia.fi/en/archive/hetzner-data-center-park-hel...). There's a direct GER-FIN fiber link laid in the Baltic, owned partially by Hetzner (https://www.cinia.fi/en/services/international-connectivity-...).
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Re:Hetzner Cloud by dx034 on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @07:21AM (#16212992)
Makes Finland sense if you want to connect to Asian customers? Is there a good link Finland-JP/Korea/Singapore?

Otherwise I fail to see why Finland makes sense, unless you need cheaper energy for applications that don't need low latency.

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Re:Hetzner Cloud by Maakuth on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @12:54PM (#16215575)
We do have cheap energy (from nuclear and mostly renewable CHP), cheap cooling, availability of educated workforce and stable state. And good network connections to Russia in addition to Nordic and Baltic states and continental Europe.
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Re:Hetzner Cloud by dx034 on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @02:05AM (#16220926)
But latency to Russia and Baltic states isn't that different from where Hetzner already is. I just try to understand why people would choose Hetzner's new DC in Finland over that in Germany unless they offer cheaper prices there.
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Re:Hetzner Cloud by seqastian on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @08:25AM (#16213352)
Cheaper to keep cool.
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Re:Hetzner Cloud by nirv on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @08:16AM (#16213307)
That's interesting! Thanks for pointing out.
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