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Read 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), ...

60MW Data Center Planned in Närpiö, Finland

June 23, 2026 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...

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Read 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 70M...

Verne Breaks Ground on New Data Center in Mäntsälä, Finland

June 19, 2026 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...

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

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

May 29, 2026 Finland

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...

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Read Swedish Solar Firm Targets Finnish Data Center Development
Swedish Solar Firm Targets Finnish Data Center Development

Swedish Solar Firm Targets Finnish Data Center Development

April 10, 2026 Finland

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...

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Read FCDC Plans New Data Center Campus in Vaasa, Finland
FCDC Plans New Data Center Campus in Vaasa, Finland

FCDC Plans New Data Center Campus in Vaasa, Finland

December 31, 2025 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...

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Read Elisa Confirms Plans to Cut 357 Jobs Following Personnel Negotiations
Elisa Confirms Plans to Cut 357 Jobs Following Personnel Negotiations

Elisa Confirms Plans to Cut 357 Jobs Following Personnel Negotiations

December 30, 2025 Finland

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 its...

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Read Bitzero Breaks Ground on Finland Data Center
Bitzero Breaks Ground on Finland Data Center

Bitzero Breaks Ground on Finland Data Center

December 04, 2025 Finland

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...

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Read Scale42 Plans Data Center in Kitee, Finland
Scale42 Plans Data Center in Kitee, Finland

Scale42 Plans Data Center in Kitee, Finland

October 11, 2025 Finland

Kitee this week announced plans to sign a preliminary property purchase agreement with data center developer Scale42. The deal, to be discussed at a city meeting next week, concerns a 10-hectare plot in the northern part of the Kitee Puhos industrial area.William Tasney, CEO of Scale42, said:...

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Read Helen Seeking Data Center partners
Helen Seeking Data Center partners

Helen Seeking Data Center partners

September 12, 2025 Finland

Helen, one of Finland's largest energy companies, has announced that it is open to supporting data center operators in joining its “comprehensive energy system” in Helsinki, where facilities can be connected to the city’s advanced district heating and cooling network."The synergy benefits of data...

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Read DataCrunch Proposes Data Center in Akaa, Finland
DataCrunch Proposes Data Center in Akaa, Finland

DataCrunch Proposes Data Center in Akaa, Finland

September 08, 2025 Finland

Helsinki-based AI cloud company DataCrunch is looking to develop a data center in Akaa, Finland and has purchased 10 hectares of land in the Akaa Point business district for around €600,000 ($698,200). "The scale of the investment is significant and it strengthens our city's tax revenue base,...

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Read DayOne Plans 128MW Data Center in Finland
DayOne Plans 128MW Data Center in Finland

DayOne Plans 128MW Data Center in Finland

August 15, 2025 Finland

APAC data center firm DayOne this week announced plans to develop a campus in Lahti, some 100km northeast of Helsinki. The €1.2 billion ($1.4bn) project will be located in a former industrial site in Kiveriö. At full build-out, the project could total 128MW IT load."Finland is an ideal strategic...

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Read New Data Center Campus Planned in Keuruu, Finland
New Data Center Campus Planned in Keuruu, Finland

New Data Center Campus Planned in Keuruu, Finland

June 20, 2025 Finland

The Keuruu government last week announced that Suomen Energiainsinöörit Technology Oy plans to build a data center on a 40-hectare site on the western side of the Karjola industrial area. The company aims to develop a 200,000 sqm (2,152,782 sq ft) facility on the site, which is currently owned by...

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Read APL Plans 100MW Data Center Campus in Finland
APL Plans 100MW Data Center Campus in Finland

APL Plans 100MW Data Center Campus in Finland

May 29, 2025 Finland

International private equity firm APL Group (also known as Asia Pacific Land) this week announced the development of a hyperscale data center campus in Varkaus, in the province of Eastern Finland.The data center will be built on a 28-hectare site and has a planned capacity of up to 100MW. The...

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Read Airbus to develop Gaia-X data space
Airbus to develop Gaia-X data space

Airbus to develop Gaia-X data space

November 15, 2024 Finland

Aerospace giant Airbus is aiming to move all of its data-sharing capabilities to a Gaia-X data space. The company announced its plans at the Gaia-X Summit 2024 in Helsinki, Finland, explaining that it hopes to increase transparency with its massive network of suppliers.According to Catherine...

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Read Neste to supply Verne's Finnish data centers with HVO
Neste to supply Verne's Finnish data centers with HVO

Neste to supply Verne's Finnish data centers with HVO

October 18, 2024 Finland

Finnish oil refining firm Neste Oyj has signed an agreement with European data center firm Verne to supply renewable diesel to power the company's backup generators in Finland. The oil firm will deploy the renewable diesel at all of Verne’s Finnish data centers. Verne currently has three...

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Read Nebius to expand Mäntsälä data center capacity
Nebius to expand Mäntsälä data center capacity

Nebius to expand Mäntsälä data center capacity

October 09, 2024 Finland

European AI data center developer Nebius has announced plans to triple the capacity of its data center in Mäntsälä, Finland. This expansion will see Nebius place upwards of 60,000 GPUs at the facility, growing its capacity from 25MW to 75MW. This is part of a broader program that will see the...

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Read IQM has manufactured 30 quantum computers at Espoo, Finland
IQM has manufactured 30 quantum computers at Espoo, Finland

IQM has manufactured 30 quantum computers at Espoo, Finland

September 21, 2024 Finland

IQM Quantum Computers revealed on September 16 thst it has manufactured 30 full-stack quantum computing machines to date at its Espoo, Finland, manufacturing facility. In addition, it has delivered and installed six full-stack quantum computers to customers including the VTT Technical Research...

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Read Boldyn Networks finalizes acquisition of Cellnex's private network business
Boldyn Networks finalizes acquisition of Cellnex's private network business

Boldyn Networks finalizes acquisition of Cellnex's private network business

March 04, 2024 Finland

Boldyn Networks has completed its acquisition of Cellnex's private network business for an undisclosed sum. This acquisition includes Edzcom, Cellnex’s Finnish subsidiary that specializes in private networks for industrial environments.“By bringing Cellnex's private networks business unit under...

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Read Nokia to sell management businesses to Lumine Group
Nokia to sell management businesses to Lumine Group

Nokia to sell management businesses to Lumine Group

December 26, 2023 Finland

Finnish vendor Nokia has agreed to sell its device management and service management platform (SMP) businesses to Lumine Group. This deal, valued at €185 million is expected to close in the first quarter of next year, subject to approval. According to Nokia, Lumine "intends to operate DM and SMP...

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Read Remov announces 7.2MW heat-sharing data center
Remov announces 7.2MW heat-sharing data center

Remov announces 7.2MW heat-sharing data center

July 19, 2023 Finland

Remov has announced it is set to begin work on the construction of a new 7.2MW data center. The facility will be powered entirely by renewable energy, have a power usage effectiveness (PUE) of 1.1, an "energy flow ratio" of 1.0, and will recover 96 percent of its waste heat. According to the...

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