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Data Center Operator Renews Lease for Vanda 3 Data Center in Stockholm, Sweden

Alternative investment manager Barings has signed a 10-year lease extension with a global data center operator at its Vanda 3 facility in Kista, Stockholm. The deal includes an additional 30MW of power from Ellevio to support expansion, with Barings planning to add 25,000 sqm (269,100 sq ft) of d...

July 03, 2026

Sweden

60MW Data Center Planned in Närpiö, Finland

A 60MW data center is being planned in western Finland by renewable energy firm Aurinkokarhu. Reported by local media including Yle and Vasabladet, the project would be located in Närpiö (Närpes), in the Ostrobothnia region. The company has signed a preliminary agreement to acquire 18 hectares of...

June 23, 2026

Finland

Verne Breaks Ground on New Data Center in Mäntsälä, Finland

Verne has begun construction on a new data center in Finland, marking the first phase of development at its Mäntsälä campus. The company announced this week that work is underway on the initial 70MW phase of its data center campus in the Kapuli area of Mäntsälä, further expanding its footprint in...

June 19, 2026

Finland

Finland’s Winda Energy Plans 100MW Data Center in Lapland Industrial Park

Winda Energy is planning a new data center development in Finnish Lapland. The company announced this week that the project, developed through Winda Energy Oy, will be located in Rajakangas, Keminmaa. Co-developed with investment firm Gi21 Capital, the 15-hectare site is expected to attract ar...

May 29, 2026

Finland

Swedish Solar Firm Targets Finnish Data Center Development

A solar farm developer is expanding into the data center sector, with plans to develop a campus in Finland. The municipality of Iisalmi this week announced that Swedish energy company Helios Nordic Energy is planning a new data center in the Tervamäki area. While full details have not been dis...

April 10, 2026

Finland

T1 Energy Gets 50MW Grid Connection for Norway Data Center Site

Battery and solar panel maker T1 Energy has obtained 50MW of capacity for a Norwegian site originally intended for battery cell production, now planned as a data center. The company announced this week that Norway’s national grid operator, Statnett, has allocated 50MW of power to T1 Energy’s ...

March 20, 2026

Norway

Østfold Energi Eyes Data Centers South of Oslo

Another data center may be on the way in Norway. Østfold Energi is preparing sites in Sarpsborg and Våler in partnership with local municipalities, with Google likely to take the Våler location.“We have extensive experience with project development in collaboration with landowners, local commu...

March 17, 2026

Oslo

3i Infrastructure Buys Majority Stake in Norway’s Lefdal Mine Datacenter

Investment firm 3i Infrastructure has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Norway’s Lefdal Mine Datacenter (LMD). Announced this week, 3i plans to invest €300 million ($347.3 million) in the deal, which is expected to close in summer 2026.The data center company is being acquired from a fund ...

March 14, 2026

Norway

Norway Ammonia Plant Plans Dropped as Company Eyes Data Center Development

Plans for a proposed ammonia plant in Norway have been scrapped, with the developer now exploring the site for potential data center use. The shift comes after delays caused the project to lose its grid capacity allocation with the local grid operator Iverson eFuels has decided to terminate p...

March 07, 2026

Norway

Plans Unveiled for Data Center on 60-hectare site in Finnish Lapland

Finnish energy company Pohjan Voima is looking to develop a project in Keminmaa. In other Finnish news, Compute Nordic is expanding its landholdings in Mikkeli, while another company is targeting a development in Närpiö on the country's west coast.“The project would be of great importance to K...

February 19, 2026

Finnish Lapland

Thylander Secures Outside Investors for Data Center Venture

Danish real estate firm Thylander this week said that Thylander Data Centers' (TYDC) investor base now includes Systematic Holding Aps by Michael Holm, Sagitta Ventures Aps, Weco A/S, and E. Bank Lauridsen Holding A/S. Terms of the investment weren’t shared.“We are well underway in developing ...

February 07, 2026

Denmark

Aker Nscale Plans 96MW Data Center in Skien, Norway

Aker Nscale has entered into an agreement with Løvenskiold-Fossum Kraft Drift to develop a 96MW data center in Skien, Norway. The company aims to establish a data center capable of supporting AI workloads and has applied for grid capacity from Statnett.Leopold Løvenskiold, the general manager ...

January 28, 2026

Norway

VivoPower Acquires 40MW Data Center in Norway

VivoPower International has signed an exclusive heads-of-agreement to acquire the facility from an undisclosed firm. According to Vivo, the data center has a further 40MW of capacity earmarked for potential approval in 2026 and is powered exclusively by hydroelectric energy.Vivo intends to rep...

January 04, 2026

Norway

FCDC Plans New Data Center Campus in Vaasa, Finland

Finnish data center FCDC is planning a new campus in western-central Finland. FDFC Corp Oy aims to develop a 66,000 sqm (710,420 sq ft) campus in GigaVaasa, located in the Laajametsä business area near the airport. Two data center buildings are planned."The data center project supports Vaasa's...

December 31, 2025

Finland

Elisa Confirms Plans to Cut 357 Jobs Following Personnel Negotiations

Finnish telco Elisa has confirmed it will cut 357 jobs. The announcement comes after the company launched its transformation program in October, when the carrier hinted up to 450 jobs could be lost."As part of the transformation program, Elisa is streamlining its organization and optimizing it...

December 30, 2025

Finland

Blykalla Raises $50m as it Advances Plans to Power Data Centers

Swedish small modular reactor (SMR) start-up Blykalla has closed a $50 million (€42m) financing round to accelerate development of its lead-cooled SMR, with a focus on meeting growing demand from the data center sector.Blykalla said that it will use the capital to scale testing and validation ...

December 27, 2025

Sweden

Kevin O’Leary's Bitzero Signs 10MW PPA in Norway

Cryptomine and HPC data center firm Bitzero announced it had secured a new 10MW power purchase agreement (PPA) at its data center site in Namsskogan, Norway. The company said the deal locks in power at approximately $0.02 per kWh. The new total blended cost of $0.03–0.035 per kWh for the 40MW ...

December 16, 2025

Norway

Magnora Plans 100MW Data Center Project in Kristiansund, Norway

Norwegian renewable investment firm Magnora this week announced it has launched Magnora Scale Averøya, a new 100MW data center project in Kristiansund. Timelines to develop the 120,000 sqm (1.29 million sq ft) site haven’t been shared.Magnora is working with owners of Averøy Industripark and T...

December 08, 2025

Norway

Bitzero Breaks Ground on Finland Data Center

Data center and cryptomine firm Bitzero has broken ground on a data center campus in Finland. Iit has begun Phase I development at its nearly 100-hectare data center site in Kokemäki, Finland."This site provides the space and power capacity we need to achieve our aggressive growth plans and de...

December 04, 2025

Finland

Magnora Plans 100MW Data Center Project in Norway

Norwegian renewable investment firm Magnora has started work on a new data center project on the western coast of Norway. It has launched Magnora Scale Averøya, a new 100MW data center project in Kristiansund.Magnora is working with owners of Averøy Industripark and Tore Knapskog, who successf...

December 03, 2025

Norway

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