This site sits next to Neoen's existing battery storage assets near Lappeenranta, chosen for its proximity to a regional substation. The city has begun a master plan process at the developer's request, with a construction moratorium in place for the duration. Environmental studies and land-use agreements are underway in 2025, followed by zoning through 2026, technical design, and permitting. Construction is targeted to begin in 2027–2028, assuming no appeals delay the process.
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| 8.57 miles | Nebius: Lappeenranta, Finland |
Nebius’ Lappeenranta project is a 310MW hyperscale AI data center campus in Finland, developed with Polarnode as a multi-phase, $10B investment, with operations expected to begin in 2027.
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| 8.58 miles | Polarnode: Lappeenranta |
The Lappeenranta Data Center, developed by Polarnode, is a flagship industrial-scale project situated on a 33-hectare site in the Pajarila industrial area.
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Neoen Renewables Finland Oy is the Finnish subsidiary of Neoen, a French renewable energy producer founded in 2008 by Xavier Barbaro, who remains Chairman and CEO. Incorporated in Helsinki in 2018, the entity is led by country manager Jerri Loikkanen, with development headed by Miika Pilli. Since December 2024, Neoen has been majority-owned by Canada's Brookfield following a €6.1 billion acquisition. In Finland, the company operates wind, solar, and battery storage assets, including Mutkalampi, the country's largest wind farm, and has recently expanded into data center site development.
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 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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October 05, 2026 atNorth
atNorth will develop a €2 billion data center, FIN05, in Salo, Finland, on a 28.6-hectare site, with 75 MW of power secured for the first phase and a path to as much as 230 MW. The Nordic operator announced the plan on October 5. Power will arrive through a new Fingrid substation.The first phase...
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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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