The site is powered by 100 percent renewable energy and will recycle waste heat from the servers, producing 200,000 MWh per year - enough heat to supply 20,000 homes in the nearby town of Espoo.
Finland is a growing and competitive nation in the European data center market.
Finland had 2,127MW of installed wind power capacity as of 1 September, according to Windpower Intelligence
Finland had 2016 the second cheapest electricity inside the European Union, behind Sweden. (Eurostat 2016). Finland offers tax abatements for data centers over 0.5 MWs.
Finland’s international connectivity was improved the C-Lion 1 submarine cable that links Finland directly to Germany. C-Lion 1 is 1,172 kilometers, has eight optical fiber pairs with a total capacity of 120 Tbps, and was completed in January 2016.
| Gross SqFt | Gross SqFt | Power (MW) | Power (MW) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Hamina Finland | 172,223 | 81.00 | ||
| Telia Helsinki Pitäjänmäki | 161,459 | 24.00 | ||
| Yandex Mäntsälä Finland | 20.00 | |||
| Ficolo: The Air | 129,167 | 12.00 | ||
| Ficolo Pori: The Rock | 91,493 | 11.00 | ||
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