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Wholesale / Retail 46 - Wholesale trade 46.5 - Wholesale of information and communication equipment 46.50 - Wholesale of information and communication equipment
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 June 2015
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Swedish technology company, KNC Miner, is to open a new data centre in Boden, Sweden.
The expansion is expected to create around 100 new jobs over the course of two years. KNC Miner was previously specialised in manufacturing technology for the production of the online currency Bitcoin, but is now pivoting its activities toward providing server rooms. Operations in the new data centre will commence in September and the company expects to have around 60 people employed at the Boden site by the autumn. .
Sources
5 June 2015: Ny Teknik
Citation
Eurofound (2015), KNC Miner, Business expansion in Sweden, factsheet number 84606, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/84606.