Meta, operating through its subsidiary Valoa Networks, is advancing plans for a massive data center campus in the municipality of Ii, located in Finland’s Northern Ostrobothnia region. The project centers on a massive 1,160-hectare site in the Northern Ostrobothnia region, with approximately 475 hectares specifically earmarked for server halls near the Herva power station.
Mayor Marjukka Manninen has highlighted the area's abundant clean energy production as a primary draw for the tech giant, aligning with Meta's global goal to match its energy use with 100% renewable sources. While the municipality is actively moving forward with zoning and environmental impact assessments, a final investment decision from Meta is still pending, and the permitting process is not expected to conclude until 2027.
Founded in 2004, Facebook needs no introduction as the world's largest social network. All the status updates, family photos and videos add up and create a need for a massive amount of storage and compute. Facebook maintains a growing stable of data centers spread across the world.
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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September 30, 2026 Firmus Technologies
Meta has signed strategic AI infrastructure agreements with Australian AI factory developer Firmus Technologies for GPU compute capacity at Firmus sites across Southeast Asia, the companies announced Tuesday. The agreements cover contracted capacity plus options to expand, and Capital Brief...
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September 30, 2026 Meta
Meta has agreed to lease AI compute capacity from Australian neocloud Firmus across its upcoming Southeast Asian data centers. The deal expands an existing partnership under which Meta leases Nvidia GB300 NVL72 capacity at Firmus’ Melbourne facility. Firmus is developing AI factories with DayOne...
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September 04, 2026 Meta
Meta’s Kuna, Idaho Data Center Is Now Operational Meta has begun serving traffic from its data center in Kuna, Idaho. The company announced the campus in 2022, initially planning to invest $800 million in a 960,000 sq ft (89,187 sqm) facility. The project was later temporarily paused for redesign...
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September 02, 2026 Finland
Cerebras has begun construction on a 165MW data center campus in Mikkeli, Finland, with the first 50MW phase now underway. The campus is being developed with Compute Nordic Finland and will use closed-loop cooling and waste-heat recovery to supply heat to the local community. “This partnership...
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