https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Apple on Monday said it would invest six billion Danish kroner ($920 million, 810 million euros) in a data centre in Denmark, its second in the country to run entirely on clean energy. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170710/apple-to-invest-900mn-in-danish-data-plant Mon, 10 Jul 2017 14:22:47 +0200 apple-to-invest-900mn-in-danish-data-plant Denmark’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has appointed a diplomat to a role it is calling ‘tech ambassador’ – the first role of its kind in the world. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170526/denmark-names-first-ever-digital-ambassador-for-silicon-valley-role Fri, 26 May 2017 20:02:09 +0200 denmark-names-first-ever-digital-ambassador-for-silicon-valley-role Saying that tech giants like Google and Apple now have more influence than many countries, Denmark will become the first nation in the world to appoint a so-called digital ambassador. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170127/in-world-first-denmark-to-name-a-digital-ambassador Fri, 27 Jan 2017 11:20:36 +0100 in-world-first-denmark-to-name-a-digital-ambassador Social media behemoth Facebook announced on Thursday that it will establish a new data centre in Odense, Denmark’s third largest city. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170119/facebook-to-build-new-data-centre-in-denmark Thu, 19 Jan 2017 11:39:46 +0100 facebook-to-build-new-data-centre-in-denmark American tech giant Apple said on Monday that it would appeal a European Commission decision forcing the company to pay billions in back-taxes to Ireland and suggested that the ruling was driven by Margrethe Vestager’s desire to “generate lots of headlines”. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161220/angry-apple-takes-swipe-at-dane-of-the-year-vestager Tue, 20 Dec 2016 09:58:34 +0100 angry-apple-takes-swipe-at-dane-of-the-year-vestager Danish consumer David Lysgaard took American tech giant Apple to court and won. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161209/david-topples-goliath-danish-man-defeats-apple-in-court Fri, 09 Dec 2016 14:50:27 +0100 david-topples-goliath-danish-man-defeats-apple-in-court On Friday, Danish consumer David Lysgaard will go to court to face one of the world’s most powerful companies. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161028/why-apple-is-taking-some-random-danish-dude-to-court Fri, 28 Oct 2016 14:15:07 +0200 why-apple-is-taking-some-random-danish-dude-to-court The Danish Foreign Ministry on Friday announced that Apple will "fund and boost" biogas research at Aarhus University. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160930/apple-to-fund-biogas-research-in-denmark Fri, 30 Sep 2016 15:12:55 +0200 apple-to-fund-biogas-research-in-denmark American computer giant Apple will place one of the world’s largest data centres in Viborg, where it will power the company's popular services on 100 percent renewable energy. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150223/apple-picks-denmark-for-biggest-project-in-europe Mon, 23 Feb 2015 11:05:00 +0100 apple-picks-denmark-for-biggest-project-in-europe