Applied Digital has secured an agreement for potential power capacity in Finland, marking its first development outside the United States. The company plans a large-scale AI Factory campus, with initial power availability anticipated beginning in 2028.
The site is currently being marketed and is the subject of discussions with global hyperscale customers; no specific location, municipality, or coordinates have been disclosed. The project remains early-stage, with future investment and development contingent on customer demand, commercial milestones, and regulatory approvals, while the company’s near-term focus stays on its U.S. portfolio.
| Distance | Site | About |
|---|---|---|
| 0.00 miles | Alto: Finland FI01 |
Alto Infrastructure holds land rights in Finland for a future data center campus, currently in early-stage planning.
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Applied Digital (APLD) is a U.S.-based operator of next-generation digital infrastructure, providing solutions to the fields of High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). APLD has two business segments: next-generation datacenter colocation services and AI GPU cloud services (under Sai Computing).
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October 26, 2026 Google
Finland's Licensing and Supervision Authority has told Google subsidiary Tuike Finland to keep preparatory work at its Muhos and Kajaani data center sites suspended. The agency set an Oct. 23 deadline for felling, excavation, blasting and road building to stop at both sites, according to its...
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October 10, 2026 Google
Finnish regulators have ordered a halt to work at two planned Google data centers after more than 300 hectares of forest were cleared before mandatory environmental impact assessments were completed, the BBC reported. The order covers the company's project sites in Muhos and Kajaani, both in the...
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October 08, 2026 Sesterce
French AI infrastructure company Sesterce said Thursday it plans to invest more than €10 billion ($11.2 billion) to convert the former Kaipola paper mill in Jämsä, Central Finland, into a 600 MW AI data center campus. The company's announcement outlines a 200 MW first phase and confirms an anchor...
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October 07, 2026 Applied Digital
Applied Digital is expanding into Europe with plans for a 1GW-scale data center campus in Finland.The Nasdaq-listed company has secured access to up to 1GW of potential power capacity, with initial availability expected from 2028. The project is Applied Digital’s first outside the US. Details...
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October 06, 2026 Applied Digital
Applied Digital (NASDAQ: APLD) has secured access to as much as 1 GW of potential power capacity in Finland, its first development opportunity outside the United States, the Dallas-based AI data center developer said on October 6. The planned AI Factory campus can scale to 1 GW, with initial...
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