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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 STMicroelectronics signs 43MW PPA with TSE in France
STMicroelectronics signs 43MW PPA with TSE in France

STMicroelectronics signs 43MW PPA with TSE in France

December 02, 2025 France

European chip manufacturer STMicroelectronics has signed a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with French solar developer TSE Energy. The PPA will see TSE supply ST with power generated by three solar parks in France, with a combined capacity of 43MW. The contract will commence in 2027 and...

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Read Thésée Datacenter Plans 50MW Expansion of Campus outside Paris
Thésée Datacenter Plans 50MW Expansion of Campus outside Paris

Thésée Datacenter Plans 50MW Expansion of Campus outside Paris

November 29, 2025 France

Thésée Datacenter is adding 50MW of data center capacity to its campus in Aurbgenville, outside Paris, France. The firm will invest an initial €60 million ($69.6m) into the project as part of a total investment expected to reach €500m ($579.9m).It intends to expand the site with data center...

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Read Nscale Signs 15MW Lease Agreement with Verne for Data Center Capacity
Nscale Signs 15MW Lease Agreement with Verne for Data Center Capacity

Nscale Signs 15MW Lease Agreement with Verne for Data Center Capacity

November 19, 2025 Verne Global

AI cloud provider Nscale has signed on to lease 15MW of capacity at Verne's data center campus in Iceland. The agreement will see Nscale deploying 4,600 Nvidia Blackwell Ultra GPUs across Verne's campus through 2026. The GPUs will be 85 percent liquid-cooled and 15 percent air-cooled.Dominic...

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Read Mastercard to Invest €250m in Three Data Centers in France
Mastercard to Invest €250m in Three Data Centers in France

Mastercard to Invest €250m in Three Data Centers in France

October 23, 2025 France

Mastercard is planning to develop three new data centers in France with plans to invest around €250 million ($289.81m) in the data centers, which will build on around a dozen data centers already operating in Europe.In a company announcement written by Kelly Devine, Mastercard's president of...

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Read Verne Sells Two Finnish Data Centers to Glesys
Verne Sells Two Finnish Data Centers to Glesys

Verne Sells Two Finnish Data Centers to Glesys

October 15, 2025 Verne Global

Nordic data center firm Verne this week announced it has sold the Finnish operations, including facilities in Pori and Tampere, to Nordic cloud firm Glesys. “We’re pleased to welcome a talented team and a strong customer base through this agreement with Verne. It expands our data center footprint...

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Read Cellnex Sells French Data Center Business to Vauban Infra Fibre
Cellnex Sells French Data Center Business to Vauban Infra Fibre

Cellnex Sells French Data Center Business to Vauban Infra Fibre

October 15, 2025 France

Cellnex, through its wholly owned subsidiary Cellnex France, this week announced it has entered into a put option agreement with Vauban Infra Fibre (VIF) to sell 99.99 percent of Towerlink France, the entity responsible for the group’s main data center operations in France.“We remain committed to...

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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 Vesper Infrastructure Acquires French Operator Thésée DataCenter
Vesper Infrastructure Acquires French Operator Thésée DataCenter

Vesper Infrastructure Acquires French Operator Thésée DataCenter

July 12, 2025 France

Vesper Next Generation Infrastructure Fund I SCSp announced this week that it has signed a binding agreement to acquire 100 percent of the share capital of Thésée from state-owned French investment group Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations/Banque des Territoires and Groupe IDEC Invest, the real...

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Read Eutelsat Announces €1.35bn Capital Raise
Eutelsat Announces €1.35bn Capital Raise

Eutelsat Announces €1.35bn Capital Raise

June 20, 2025 France

European satellite operator Eutelsat this week announced a €1.35 billion ($1.55bn) contemplated capital raise, anchored by key shareholders, to “secure the execution of [its] long-term strategic vision,” to fuel its Low Earth Orbit (LEO) ambitions, led by the French government.“This capital...

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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 Bouygues Telecom Signs 15-year PPA with Suez
Bouygues Telecom Signs 15-year PPA with Suez

Bouygues Telecom Signs 15-year PPA with Suez

June 18, 2025 France

French telco Bouygues Telecom has signed a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with energy-from-waste (EfW) firm Suez in France which will see Suez supply 53GWh of power per year from its EfW portfolio. Over the term of the agreement, the telco aims to source up to 800GWh of power through...

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Read CloudHQ Launches Data Center Campus in Paris, France
CloudHQ Launches Data Center Campus in Paris, France

CloudHQ Launches Data Center Campus in Paris, France

June 10, 2025 France

Data center developer CloudHQ has launched a new campus in Paris, France. The company aims to build two data center buildings, each comprising 53,000 sqm (570,000 sqft) and 24 data halls, within Essonne’s Leonardo da Vinci business park. The facility’s waste heat will be connected to...

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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 STMicroelectronics Signs PPA with TotalEnergies in France
STMicroelectronics Signs PPA with TotalEnergies in France

STMicroelectronics Signs PPA with TotalEnergies in France

January 30, 2025 France

European semiconductor firm STMicroelectronics has signed a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Total Energies. The PPA will power STMicroelectronics sites in France and will be supplied from two recently constructed wind and solar farms with a combined capacity of 75MW."We are delighted...

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Read Nokia completes sale of subsea cable unit ASN
Nokia completes sale of subsea cable unit ASN

Nokia completes sale of subsea cable unit ASN

January 08, 2025 France

Nokia has completed the sale of its subsea cable unit, Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), to the French State and said the transaction has netted it around €350 million ($363m). Nokia noted that it retains a 20 percent shareholding in ASN, with board representation, to "ensure a smooth transition...

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