Ben Kepes: There are dollars in data centres

Ben Kepes: There are dollars in data centres
20 Dec, 2020 06:37 PM
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By: Ben Kepes
Imagine a small country, isolated in the middle of a vast ocean. Imagine it covered in green grass and with lots of glaciers and fiords.
Now add in a relatively small, yet well-educated population, good
social cohesion, respected democratic structures and processes and more than its share of innovation.
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Of course, you'd assume that I'm talking about New Zealand. Except I'm not. Rather I'm thinking of another, similar country as far away from New Zealand as it is possible to get.
A few years ago I had the good fortune to be invited to speak at a conference in Iceland. In my keynote address, I waxed poetic about the similarities between the two countries. They have Bjork and we have Dave Dobbyn. Essentially the same thing, right?

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