Pre-construction works start on Microsoft data center in Vaasa, Finland
Company is waiting on permits to commence building
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Microsoft reveals plans for data center in Sandnes, Norway
Will join the Norway East region
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Microsoft acquires 470 acres on Finland's west coast for data center
Land located along border of Vaasa and Mutasaari
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Fortum starts operations at two heat pump plants tied to Microsoft district heating scheme
Waste heat delivery from data centers is expected to commence next year
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Microsoft contracts 30,000 GPUs from Nscale at Norway data center as OpenAI drops out of latest Stargate
OpenAI continues Stargate retreat
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Microsoft launches Denmark cloud region
Works continue on additional sites
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Excavation incident at Finnish data center construction site injures one
Police investigating after stones blasted too far
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Microsoft to launch data center region in Denmark in 2026
Will include data centers located across municipalities of Esbjerg and Varde
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Microsoft signs $6bn deal to rent AI compute from Nscale
Will be from a data center in Norway
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Microsoft to use Nebius GPU data centers, in deal worth $17.4bn over five years
Shares jump on blockbuster deal
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Microsoft and Atom Computing to build "world’s most powerful quantum computer" in Denmark
The system, named Magne, is expected to be operational by 2027
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Microsoft buys 2.95m tons of carbon removal credits from CCS project in Denmark
Credits generated by project Gaia, an EfW joint venture between CIP and Vestforbrænding
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Microsoft to buy 1.1m tons of carbon removal credits from Norway's Hafslund Celsio
Operations at the plant are expected to commence in 2029
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Northern Lights: First cross-border CO2 facility completed
World’s first cross-border CO2 transport and storage facility launches - Microsoft to secure carbon credits through project
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Microsoft signs PPAs in Spain, Sweden, and Denmark
Company signs 420MW worth of PPAs with Repsol and European Energy
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Microsoft to deploy 20,000 GPUs in Sweden
Company to invest in exanding Swedish data center capacity
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Microsoft signs 3.33 million-tonne carbon capture deal in Sweden
Company partners with Stockholm Exergi for biomass carbon capture project
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Microsoft to warm homes with waste heat from Danish data center
Facility in Høje-Taastrup will heat 6,000 dwellings
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Microsoft acquires 21 hectares in Espoo, Finland
Company announced plans for Finnish region last year
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Microsoft replaces diesels with battery system at Swedish data center
Saft provides BESS
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Finland's Savings Banks Group migrates to Microsoft's Azure
Finnish financial services company goes all in on cloud
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Microsoft drops plans to expand Staffanstorp data center in Sweden, looking for new site
Company sees opposition to backup generators
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Meta, Microsoft, and Fujitsu sign renewable energy PPAs
Meta signs for 300MW of solar in Denmark, Microsoft to power Chilean Azure region with wind and solar, Fujitsu signs wind deal in Australia
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Microsoft announces new Finland cloud region - with district heating by Fortum
Fortum finds a partner to heat homes West of Helsinki
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Microsoft signs wind PPA with NTR in Sweden to power new Azure region
Stavro wind farm powering Google facilities also comes online
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Microsoft opens new Azure cloud region in Sweden
Company aims for sustainable data centers in Scandinavia
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Microsoft launches Availability Zones in Norway East Azure Cloud region
Company adds resiliency to its Oslo region, but the Stavanger region has disappeared
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Microsoft allowed to resume Hollands Kroon data center building work ‘at own risk’
Company allowed to resume work as local utility warns North Holland’s grid capacity is reaching its maximum