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Offering secure locations and a highly skilled workforce, Scotland is in the European Data Protection legislation area and is only a short distance from main European centres, with direct transport connections to many European cities. Scotland hosts highly expert companies with ambitons to meet your needs.
Key attributes:
- Secure
- Scotland is a low security risk, both in terms of terroist activity and also its potential exposure to environment or climactic disasters - particularly flooding or volcanic activity
- Ambient temperatures
- Scotland's geographic location and climate means that the average daily temperature is 2 degrees cooler than most other major European data centre locations - including London and Dublin - which menas less power is required for cooling purposes
- Connectivity and Resilience
- Major investment and support from Scottish Government has delivered a secure high-speed communications infrastructure with broadband facilities across the country. Next Generation Networks (NGN) are currently being deployed across Scotland. A considerable choice of leading telecomms carriers is available (eg; BT, C&W, Global Crossing, Virgin Media and Neos)
- Renewable energy
- Scotland leads the UK in the development of power from renewable energy sources and is a net exporter of electricity. The Scottish Government has committed to ambitious environmental targets with 80% of Scottish electricity consumption to be met from renewable sources by 2020 - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/news/releases/2010/09/23134359
- Quality
- Scotland has an international reputation for quality and a tradition of excellence in engineering. Scotland has established expertise in all areas of information technology and a commitment to innovation
- Skills
- The Scottish ICT sector benefits from a highly qualified and professional workforce. Our universities are recognised for their world class research and the calibre of graduates they produce, adding to the pool of talented people working in the industry
- Infrastructure
- Scotland's appeal is further resinforced by a world class IT infrastructure which encompasses global technology leaders such as Microsoft, Cisco, Dell, Oracle, HP, NCR, IBM and Fujitsu amongst others
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