Nscale: Oulu (Toppila)

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Nscale: Oulu (Toppila)

Site History

  • In September 2026, a building permit application was filed for the data center and substation.
  • In September 2026, the city reviewed a preliminary sale of the plot to Nokia and Nscale.

Project Profile

  • Developers: Nscale and Nokia
  • Phasing: a first data center and substation, then a second data center
  • Heat reuse: next to Oulun Energia's district heating plant

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Sites within 15 miles of Nscale: Oulu (Toppila)

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1.45 miles GleSYS: Oulu Elektroniikkatie 5
GleSYS operates a small data center at Elektroniikkatie 5 in the Oulu Technology Park in Linnanmaa.
1.64 miles GleSYS: Oulu
1.97 miles DNA Oulu Torikatu
2.77 miles GleSYS: Oulu Yrttipellontie 1
GleSYS operates a small data center at Yrttipellontie 1 in the Technopolis Peltola area of Oulu.
4.21 miles Borealis: Oulu (Ruskonselkä)
Borealis Data Center plans a facility on a city plot reserved in Ruskonselkä, Oulu, near the new police station.
4.45 miles Trevian: Campus Oulu
4.46 miles GleSys Trevian: Oulu
Trevian Asset Management and GleSYS have agreed to establish Campus Oulu, an AI-ready data center campus at a former Nokia property in Oulu, Finland.
11.98 miles YIT Corporation: Oulu
Finnish data center operator YIT Corporation will construct a 30-hectare data center on the Kivimaki farm in the municipality of Liminka, near Oulu, Finland.
19.48 miles Helios: Ii (Isokangas)
Helios is planning a data center project area of about 60 hectares at Isokangas in Ii, one of four projects in a joint zoning plan.
19.58 miles Ingrid Capacity: Ii (Isokangas)
Ingrid Capacity is developing a data center campus on about 105 hectares in the Isokangas area of Ii, one of four projects in a joint zoning plan.
19.71 miles NordVire: Ii (Isokangas)
NordVire is preparing a data center site of about 50 hectares on the west side of the Isokangas area of Ii for a future operator.
19.87 miles Thor Digital: Ii (Isokangas North)
Thor Digital is developing the Isokangas North data center campus in the northern part of the Isokangas area of Ii, one of four projects in a joint zoning plan.

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