Well, a disinterest in tropical islands and the sole requirements of power and internet opens all northern and souther islands, so it's a facet to be considered! Hell, so long as there was a source of food and a volunteer group willing to service the windmills when they froze, we could dig some caverns in Antarctica! The 'Frozen Hackathon', 24/7/365.

I'm thinking the inevitable resulting Linux distro could be called "Linux OnIce", or just "OnIce" for short.