Inside TikTok town: vast data centre sparks Chinese spying fears
So when an international company called Hyperco announced it would exploit the freezing north's temperatures and ready access to cold water to build a data centre in the area, there was general acceptance of it being a pretty good thing.
After all, the few million euros paid for a parcel of empty land seemed a good deal for everybody.
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Once the data centre was up and running by the end of next year there would be taxes, too, to collect from
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