Foulum is a rural village of just 173 inhabitants, near Viborg in mid-Jutland, Denmark.
Apart from the local football field, not much happens in Foulum, where farming has provided people with a livelihood for as long as anyone can remember.
But soon Foulum will become a key hub in the global data infrastructure.
California-based technology giant Apple will open its first data centre outside the US in the village in 2019, and turn it into the physical location for storage of ...
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