data warehousing /channels/taxonomy/term/3304/all en From ore mining to data mining: the economy of Western Labrador diversifies for the 21st Century /channels/news/ore-mining-data-mining-town-western-labrador-diversifies-its-economy-261858 <p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/data-storage-bitcoins-western-labrador-1.3694238">An item in today's CBC News</a> reports on towns in Labrador West that are repositioning their economies for the 21st Century. These local economies once relied on mining minerals but are now housing data centres. The cheaper power and cooler air of the area make them ideal for data warehousing, since such centres use a lot of electricity and cause machines to heat up. Great North Data, a company based out of St.</p> Tue, 26 Jul 2016 16:29:54 +0000 webfull 120068 at /channels