May 12, 2025 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
Swedish data center firm Bahnhof this week announced plans for the Bunkerberget data center in central Gothenburg’s Gamlestaden. The site has been acquired from Bunkeberget AB, but terms weren’t shared.
Bunkerberget was first blasted during World War II as a shelter for the citizens of Gothenburg. During the Cold War, the cave was further developed into an industrial bunker to ensure production for manufacturing firm SKF (Svenska Kullagerfabriken) in the event of war. SKF sold the property to Bunkeberget AB in 2017. The mountain room covers approximately 6,000 sqm (64,585 sq ft) and has a nine-meter ceiling height, with the entire site totaling some 28,000 sqm (301,390 sq ft).
The Bunkerberget will be Bahnhof's seventh data center and second bunker facility. The company operates facilities in Stockholm (x4), Malmö, and Kista. The company’s Pionen data center is located in a nuclear-proof bunker under the Vita Bergen mountains on Södermalm in Stockholm that was built in the 1940s as a civil defence facility to protect government functions in the outbreak of war.
“It will be incredibly fun to take on this project!” Bahnhof CEO Jon Karlung said on X. “Gothenburg as Europe's digital port for rock-solid communication & trade. We hope to also include a human dimension in some form. Bunkerberget as a meeting place for both machines & people.”
