October 26, 2026 Finland
Finland's Licensing and Supervision Authority has told Google subsidiary Tuike Finland to keep preparatory work at its Muhos and Kajaani data center sites suspended. The agency set an Oct. 23 deadline for felling, excavation, blasting and road building to stop at both sites, according to its...
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October 14, 2026 France
French AI consortium Aether Infrastructure has signed a preliminary agreement to acquire the former Dumarey Powerglide factory in Strasbourg’s Port du Rhin district for its first data center. Formed to develop two AI data centers under the European Commission’s AI gigafactories program, Aether...
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October 10, 2026 Finland
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 Finland
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 Finland
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 Finland
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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October 01, 2026 France
Altarea Group subsidiary Nation Data Center has broken ground on a mixed-use development in Vélizy-Villacoublay, north-central France, including a data center with 7MW of IT capacity. The facility will support AI and high-performance computing workloads, with a target PUE of 1.2. It will use...
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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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August 28, 2026 Finland
atNorth is expanding its FIN04 data center campus in Myllykoski, Kouvola, Finland, with a new building called FIN04A1. The company has appointed YIT as the main contractor, responsible for construction and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing works. YIT was also selected to build another campus...
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August 24, 2026 Finland
European data center developer Magnora has secured a firm grid connection for its Hämeenlinna data center project in Finland. The 150,000 sqm (1.61 million sq ft) facility is being developed with Northern Europe Energy Group (NEEG), with Magnora holding a 70 percent stake. The grid connection is...
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August 14, 2026 Finland
Swedish energy company Helios Nordic Energy Finland Oy is planning a data center project in the Alapitkä area of Lapinlahti, central Finland. The project covers more than 80 hectares near Fingrid’s Alapitkä substation and could support up to 500MW of capacity. The site was previously approved for...
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July 07, 2026 France
The French city of Pau is building a €3 million ($3.4 million), 1MW data center to support local businesses and government agencies. Funded by the Pau Béarn Pyrénées Agglomeration (CAPBP), which comprises 31 communes in the Pau region, the facility will be operated by French data center company...
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July 01, 2026 France
A planned data center in Le Bourget, France, could be blocked by the commune’s newly elected mayor. Mehdi Nezzar, who took office earlier this year, is calling for the cancellation of Segro’s 75MW project at a former H&M warehouse in the northeastern Paris suburb. A building permit was...
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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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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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June 17, 2026 London
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has pledged "coordinated action" to address the challenges posed by rising data center demand across the capital, particularly growing pressure on power infrastructure. A report commissioned by the Greater London Authority and prepared by Buro Happold found that while...
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June 15, 2026 France
Data4 has confirmed plans for a €5 billion ($5.8 billion), 700MW data center campus in Escaudain, set to be the company's largest facility to date. The campus will be developed on the site of the former Usinor steelworks in the Hauts-de-France region. “We are delighted to bring our project to...
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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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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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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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