lithuania: a prime location for data centers
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Invest Lithuania+370 52 627438www.investlithuania.cominfo@investlithuania.com
CONTACTA PRIME LOCATION FOR DATA CENTERS
London
Frankfurt
19
5
Major destinationsFrequency
(flights per week )
Kaunas Airport (22 miles away ) Vilnius Airport (53 miles away )
Accessibility
Moscow
London
Copenhagen
Frankfurt
Helsinki
Warsaw
Stockholm
Amsterdam
Vienna
Berlin
24
23
14
14
14
14
11
7
7
6
Major destinations
London 23
Frequency(flights per week )
Brussels 12
Sources: Kaunas and Vilnius airports
BLACK SEA
BALTICSEA
MEDITERRANIAN SEA
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
ATLANTIC OCEAN
NORTH SEA
NORWAY
SWEDEN FINLAND
RUSSIA
SPAIN
ITALY
GREATBRITAIN
FRANCE
IRELAND
NETHERLANDS
GERMANY
LATVIA
BELARUS
UKRAINE
ESTONIA
POLAND
LITHUANIA
Moscow
Stockholm
Frankfurt
Amsterdam
560 miles
950 miles
520 miles
1 000 miles
LITHUANIA: IN THE CENTER OF EUROPE
European Union
Paris 15
Lithuaniain the Centerof Europe
Facts and figures
Easy to do business
21st freest economy in the World1
17th out of 189 world economies for ease of doing business2
Source 1 : Heritage Foundation, Economic Freedom Index, 2014 (evaluates 10 components of economic freedom, assigning a grade in each using a scale from 0 to 100, where 100 represents the maximum freedom. The 10 economic freedoms are grouped into 4 broad categories: Rule of Law (property rights, freedom from corruption); Limited Government (fiscal freedom, government spending); Regulatory Efficiency (business freedom, labor freedom, monetary freedom); and Open Markets (trade freedom, investment freedom, financial freedom)
Source 2 : World Bank Doing Business Report, 2014 (The index ranks economies from 1 to 183 calculating the average of the percentile rankings of starting a business, dealing with construction permits, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency and getting electricity)
Source 3 : Statistics Lithuania, 2013
Size:
Population:
Capital:
Official language:
Dominant foreignlanguages:
Membership:
Politics:
Currency:
Real GDP growth: 2013 2012
Inflation: 2013 2012
25,212 mi
2.98 million
Vilnius
Lithuanian
English, Russian,German, Polish
EU, NATO, WTO
Parliamentary democracy since independence in 1990
Lithuanian Litas (LTL) Pegged to EUR3.45 LTL / 1 EUR
3.3%3.7%
1.2%3.2%
3
3
2
London
Frankfurt
19
5
Major destinationsFrequency
(flights per week )
Kaunas Airport (22 miles away ) Vilnius Airport (53 miles away )
Accessibility
Moscow
London
Copenhagen
Frankfurt
Helsinki
Warsaw
Stockholm
Amsterdam
Vienna
Berlin
24
23
14
14
14
14
11
7
7
6
Major destinations
London 23
Frequency(flights per week )
Brussels 12
Sources: Kaunas and Vilnius airports
BLACK SEA
BALTICSEA
MEDITERRANIAN SEA
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
ATLANTIC OCEAN
NORTH SEA
NORWAY
SWEDEN FINLAND
RUSSIA
SPAIN
ITALY
GREATBRITAIN
FRANCE
IRELAND
NETHERLANDS
GERMANY
LATVIA
BELARUS
UKRAINE
ESTONIA
POLAND
LITHUANIA
Moscow
Stockholm
Frankfurt
Amsterdam
560 miles
950 miles
520 miles
1 000 miles
LITHUANIA: IN THE CENTER OF EUROPE
European Union
Paris 15
Lithuaniain the Centerof Europe
Facts and figures
Easy to do business
21st freest economy in the World1
17th out of 189 world economies for ease of doing business2
Source 1 : Heritage Foundation, Economic Freedom Index, 2014 (evaluates 10 components of economic freedom, assigning a grade in each using a scale from 0 to 100, where 100 represents the maximum freedom. The 10 economic freedoms are grouped into 4 broad categories: Rule of Law (property rights, freedom from corruption); Limited Government (fiscal freedom, government spending); Regulatory Efficiency (business freedom, labor freedom, monetary freedom); and Open Markets (trade freedom, investment freedom, financial freedom)
Source 2 : World Bank Doing Business Report, 2014 (The index ranks economies from 1 to 183 calculating the average of the percentile rankings of starting a business, dealing with construction permits, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency and getting electricity)
Source 3 : Statistics Lithuania, 2013
Size:
Population:
Capital:
Official language:
Dominant foreignlanguages:
Membership:
Politics:
Currency:
Real GDP growth: 2013 2012
Inflation: 2013 2012
25,212 mi
2.98 million
Vilnius
Lithuanian
English, Russian,German, Polish
EU, NATO, WTO
Parliamentary democracy since independence in 1990
Lithuanian Litas (LTL) Pegged to EUR3.45 LTL / 1 EUR
3.3%3.7%
1.2%3.2%
3
3
2
Data center park containing the most reliable power supply
185 acre ready-to-build site next to the 900 MW Kruonis Hydro Pumped Storage Power Plant (HPSPP)
dark fiber on-site, and redundant Highest level of physical security,
cooling solutions
KruonisTechnologyPark
BALTIC SEA
RUSSIA
POLAND
BELARUS
LATVIA
SIAULIAIPANEVEZYS
VILNIUSKAUNAS
KLAIPEDA
64 miles
KRUONISTECHNOLOGY PARK
KRUONIS HPSPP
KRUONISTECHNOLOGY PARK
STREVA
185 acres
KRUONIS HPSPPRESERVOIR
Kaunas LAGOON
KRUONIS TECHNOLOGY PARK
330 kV single330 kV double110 kV double330 kV double (Link to Poland, in 2015)Access to cooling waterProbable maximum flood
Outstanding electricity grid for critical facilities -
185 acres ready-to-build greenfield site
access to 100 MW and more of power load
Special Economic Zone status, which provides corporate tax incentives
Site is ready for construction – all documentation (conditions and special requirements) is already issued
Site is adjacent to highly secured national strategic asset site Kruonis HPSPP
Lithuania has low exposure to natural hazards, i.e. earthquakes, storms, floods, droughts, sea levelrise
Overview
Summary
Stable Power Supply
Resilient Power Infrastructure on Site
Renewable Energy
Fiber Network
Nordic Climate and Cooling Solutions
Secure Location
Competitive Talent Pool
Leading ICT Infrastructure
Financial Incentives
Accesibility
POLAND UKRAINE
FINLAND
Hydro/Nuclear/Thermal power plants
INTERLINK BRELLBelarus – Russia – Estonia – Latvia – Lithuania ring
LINK TO FINLAND1,000 MW
LINK TO POLANDUnder construction (500MW),operational in 2015
LINK TO SWEDENUnder construction (700 MW),operational in 2016
BALTIC SEA
RUSSIALATVIA
SWEDEN
ESTONIA
BELARUSLITHUANIA
STABLE POWER SUPPLY
Reliable and DiversifiedElectricity NetworkResilient infrastructure
Lithuania has not experienced any simultaneous power outage
BRELL (Belarus-Russia-Estonia-Latvia-Lithuania) ring prevents power transmission failures
Estlink connection to Finland (350 MW) was expanded to 1,000 MW at the beginning of 2014
Electricity connections under construction: link to Sweden (700 MW, operational in 2016) and Poland (500 MW, operational in 2015)
Current total generation capacity is 4,304 MW, peak demand is 1,654 MW. Lithuania imports most of its demand electricity to take advantage of spot pricing
Competitive internal market
Sufficient and expanding generation capacities
Lithuania has joined Nord Pool Spot – the largest market for electricity in the world
20 independent electricity suppliers operate on the local market
Wind park
Prospective wind park
Heat power plant
Hydro power plant
Prospective nuclear power plant
330 kV line
440 kV prospective line
330 kV prospective line
330 kV prospective cable
110 kV line
330 kV tranformer substation
330 kV prospective substation
330 kV switchyard
330 kV prospective switchyard
110 kV transformer substation
BALTIC SEA
RUSSIA
POLAND
BELARUS
LATVIA
KAUNAS
VILNIUS
KLAIPEDAPANEVEZYS
VISAGINAS
KRUONISTECHNOLOGY PARK
RESILIENT POWER INFRASTRUCTURE ON SITE
Resilient PowerInfrastructure on Site
Strategic location for critical facilities
Next to Kruonis HPSPP (900 MW capacity)
12 miles away from Kaunas Hydroelectric Power Plant (101 MW capacity)
Site is at the core of Lithuania’s power grid
Imediate access to 10 MW of power load already installed at the site, which is expandable to 100 MW and more
Five redundant 330 kV lines and six 110 kV lines available at the site
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Lithuania provides the opportunity to purchase electricity from Kaunas Hydro Power Plant with Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin.
Possibility to invest in ready-to-build wind parks close to the Kruonis Technology Park
Developing green energy share in Lithuania
Certfied green energy for Data Centers
Lithuania is targeting a 23% renewable energy share by 2020 (currently ~22%)
By 2020 Lithuania aims to have 500 MW of installed wind energy capacity, at least 355 MW of biomass, 141 MW of hydro energy and more than10 MW of solar
Renewable EnergyCertified Green Energy
Dark fiber providers on site:
TEO 9.4 miles away
Skaidula9.4 miles away
Lithuanian Railways 15 miles away
(Finland, Germany, Russia and others) can be easily established via partner networks
Fiber Networkon Site
FIBER NETWORK
Links with European fiber optic hubs
Warsaw
BLACK SEA
BALTIC SEA
MEDITERRANIAN SEA
NORTH SEA Moscow
Stockholm
Frankfurt
Berlin
Warsaw
Minsk
Riga
Sankt Peterburg
Tallinn
Helsinki
Amsterdam
NORWAY
SWEDEN FINLAND
RUSSIA
SPAIN
ITALY
GREATBRITAIN
FRANCE
IRELAND
NETHERLANDS
GERMANY
LATVIA
BELARUS
UKRAINE
ESTONIA
POLAND
LITHUANIA
Prague
Milan
Rome
Paris
Kiev
Madrid
London
Copenhagen 2015
2016
DLC on site
RAIN2.4 miles away(On site, in 2015)
BALTIC SEA
RUSSIA
POLAND BELARUS
LATVIALATVIA
sweden
LITHUANIADLCTEOSkaidula
Lithuanian Railways
LATVIALattelecom, LatvenergoLattelecomLattelecom, Latvian Railways,Latvian RTC, Latvenergo
Latvian Railways
Lithuanian Railways
LITHUANIADLC
TEO
BELARUS
Beltelecom
Beltelecom
Belarusian Railways
LITHUANIADLCTEOSkaidula
Lithuanian Railways
POLAND
TPSA, Hawe, ExatelHawe, Exatel, Orange PolskaHawe, Exatel, TK TelekomTK Telekom
LITHUANIADLCTEO
Lithuanian Railways
RUSSIATransTeleCom,Rostelecom,
TIS Dialog
TransTeleCom,TransT
VILNIUS
KAUNAS
KLAIPEDA
PANEVEZYS
LITHUANIATEO
swedenTelia Latvija, TeliaSonera
DLC Construction will befinished in 2015
Skaidula
eleCom (x2)KRUONISTECHNOLOGY PARK
Alternative connection through RAIN
NORDIC CLIMATE AND COOLING SOLUTIONS
Cost effcient cooling – the average temperature is 44.6°F
The best option is to use water from the Kaunas lagoon which is 110-330 yards away from the site
The Kaunas lagoon holds 121.5 billion gallons and has an area of 15,690 acres. The Kruonis HPSPP upper reservoir holds 12.6 billion gallons and has an area of 756 acres
Water for cooling
Lithuania's Nordic Climateis Ideal for Data Centers
Average Temperature in °F
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
26.8 16.6 35.4 45.9 58.9 59.5 66.9 62.7 55.9 45.3 40.6 24.3
Source: World Risk Index (developed by the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security), 2014
Extreme Risk
High Risk
Medium Risk
Low Risk
Very Low Risk
No Data Available
SECURE LOCATION
A location with minimal environmental hazards
Lithuania is ranked as one of the safest locations in the world on The World Risk Index
SecureLocation
Lithuania has a low exposure to natural hazards, i.e. earthquakes, storms, floods, droughts, sea level rise
The country has a low degree of susceptibility, i.e. is less likely to suffer harm and damage in the event of a natural hazard
It has strong coping capacities, such as social and institutional resilience to minimize the impact of natural hazards
Lithuania also boasts adaptive capacities, established measures and strategies to enable communities to adapt to and address potential consequences of natural hazards and climate change
The crime level in Lithuania is 2 times lower than the EU average
The World Risk Index consists of various indicators
Lithuania is a member of the European Union, NATO and the World Trade Organisation
All Lithuanian laws are in line with EU Directives
Data protection laws mirror all basic requirements of EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC
Lithuania has concluded over 50 Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) with other states. BITs provides assurance and a high degree of certainty for foreign investments
Consolidated political stability
COMPETITIVE TALENT POOL
6,200 IT students in total studying at seven universities and fourteen colleges, generating over 1,750 IT graduates per year
1st in the EU for mathematics, science and technology graduates3
IT talent pool
Competitive Talent Pool
Head of IT
IT Manager
Engineering Manager
Help Desk Supervisor
Network Engineer(3+ years experience)
Technical Team Leader
Customer Service Team Leader, Multilingual
Maintenance Engineer
Electrical or Cooling Engineer
Customer Service Agent(3+ years experience), Multilingual
44,600
35,400
29,200
26,200
25,600
23,100
23,100
23,000
19,200
17,000
Annual Gross Salary (USD)
Labor costs in Lithuania more than four times lower than in other EU countries3
3rd lowest salaries in the EU3
Labor Costs
1
1st in the EU for the proportion of individuals aged 16-24 who have obtained ICT skills through formal education 2
Source 1 : Alliance for Recruitment, 2013 Source 2 : European Commission Source 3 : Eurostat, 2013
24,500 employed IT professionals
in the World Competitiveness Rankings forcommunication technology
in the EU for Internet upload speed
in the EU for the Internet donwload speed
in the EU for the share of fixed broadband lines equal to or above 30 Mbps
2nd Fastest Internet Download Speed Worldwide (Mb/s)
Leading ICTInfrastructure
Hong Kong
Singapore
Romania
South Korea
Switzerland
LITHUANIA
Sweden
Japan
Netherlands
Taiwan
61.6
76.2
57.6
51.6
50.0
43.1
41.7
41.6
40.8
39.9
Source 1: IMD, The Word competitiveness yearbook, 2013Source 2: FFTH Council Europe Source 3: Ookla Net Index, April, 2014
The capital city of Vilnius has the fastest Internet upload speed in Europe
The most up-to-date ICT technologies(3G mobile communications infrastructure, mobile WiMAX 4G Internet etc.) fully imple -mented and functioning in the entire country
1st
1st
3rd
2nd
1
2
3
3
3rd Fastest Internet Upload Speed Worldwide (Mb/s) Hong Kong
Singapore
South Korea
LITHUANIA
Macau
Latvia
Romania
Republic of Moldova
Japan
Denmark
44.2
64.5
47.7
38.5
35.8
30.2
29.4
29.4
29.0
26.2
3
LEADING ICT INFRASTRUCTURE
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
Special Economic Zone status, which provides companies with the following advantages:
Funds allocated for further infrastructure development at Kruonis Technology Park:
FinancialIncentives
No corporate tax for six years (15% is the standard rate)
50% discount on corporate income tax for the following 10 years
No real estate tax
Infrastructure has been developed and upgraded (access road upgrade, water supply, and related infrastructure)
Land plots can be designed according to a company’s requirements and future plans for expansion
Import Dutiesin Lithuania
Groups of goods
Uninterruptible power supply
Servers
Cables
Fire Protection Systems
Conditioning systems
Electric power generator
Conventionalrate of duty (%)
0.0 - 3.3
Free
0.0 - 5.2
1.7 - 6.5
2.2 - 2.7
2.7 - 4.7
Import duties applied toindividual groups of goods fromoutside the EU
Lithuania has eliminated import duties for Intra-Community trade
A unifed system of import duties has been established for all European Union countries
Import duties are applied only in cases where goods are imported from third countries
Import duty depends on the type of imported goods, and the duty rate depends on the state from which the goods are imported
IMPORT DUTIES IN LITHUANIA
Import Dutiesin Lithuania
Groups of goods
Uninterruptible power supply
Servers
Cables
Fire Protection Systems
Conditioning systems
Electric power generator
Conventionalrate of duty (%)
0.0 - 3.3
Free
0.0 - 5.2
1.7 - 6.5
2.2 - 2.7
2.7 - 4.7
Import duties applied toindividual groups of goods fromoutside the EU
Lithuania has eliminated import duties for Intra-Community trade
A unifed system of import duties has been established for all European Union countries
Import duties are applied only in cases where goods are imported from third countries
Import duty depends on the type of imported goods, and the duty rate depends on the state from which the goods are imported
BALTIC SEA
RUSSIA
POLAND
BELARUS
LATVIA
SIAULIAIPANEVEZYS
VILNIUSKAUNAS
KLAIPEDA
PALANGA
64 miles
KRUONISTECHNOLOGY PARK
LondonCopenhagenFrankfurtMOsCOWParis
2:501:302:001:252:35
LondonFrankfurt
2:502:10
COPENHAGEN 1:05
ACCESSIBILITY
London
Frankfurt
19
5
Major destinationsFrequency
(flights per week )
Kaunas Airport (22 miles away ) Vilnius Airport (53 miles away )
Accessibility
Moscow
London
Copenhagen
Frankfurt
Helsinki
Warsaw
Stockholm
Amsterdam
Vienna
Berlin
24
23
14
14
14
14
11
7
7
6
Major destinations
London 23
Frequency(flights per week )
Brussels 12
Sources: Kaunas and Vilnius airports
BLACK SEA
BALTICSEA
MEDITERRANIAN SEA
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
ATLANTIC OCEAN
NORTH SEA
NORWAY
SWEDEN FINLAND
RUSSIA
SPAIN
ITALY
GREATBRITAIN
FRANCE
IRELAND
NETHERLANDS
GERMANY
LATVIA
BELARUS
UKRAINE
ESTONIA
POLAND
LITHUANIA
Moscow
Stockholm
Frankfurt
Amsterdam
560 miles
950 miles
520 miles
1 000 miles
LITHUANIA: IN THE CENTER OF EUROPE
European Union
Paris 15
Invest Lithuania+370 52 627438www.investlithuania.cominfo@investlithuania.com
CONTACTA PRIME LOCATION FOR DATA CENTERS
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