DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Nordics, Georgia Butler, DatacenterDynamics
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Google pledges €13bn investment in digital infrastructure in Finland
Will span a two-year period
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Cerebras starts construction on 165MW data center in Mikkeli, Finland
First 50MW underway
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atNorth signs contract with YIT for additional data center building at campus in Finland
Value of the contract given to YIT not disclosed
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Data center start up Fossefall taps Armada for AI data center deployments
Will deploy five Leviathan modular data centers in the Nordics
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Armada launches 10MW modular data center, Orion
The largest iteration of Armada's Galleon family
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Pre-construction works start on Microsoft data center in Vaasa, Finland
Company is waiting on permits to commence building
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Microsoft signs on for capacity at Pure DC data center in Finland - report
Total investment in site set to reach $8.55bn
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Cerebras to deploy 200MW of compute in Europe by end of 2027
Buildout will be focused on France and the Nordics
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Data center operater extends lease of Vanda 3 data center in Stockholm, Sweden
Also secures additional 30MW of power at site
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Microsoft reveals plans for data center in Sandnes, Norway
Will join the Norway East region
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CoreWeave signs colocation agreement with Conapto in Sweden
Will cover two campuses in Stockholm
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Swedish military teams up with Evroc for "Combat Cloud"
Will be used for command and control system
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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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Google breaks ground on data center in Horndal, Sweden
Will be company's first owned and operated data center in the country
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Nscale secures $790m in financing for Norway data center project
Funding comes with an additional $790m uncommitted accordion feature for further expansion
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OneQode signs 15-year 110MW lease at Bitzero data center in Norway
Will support the deployment of AI infrastructure
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Telenor launches standalone Nordic sovereign cloud business
Will be based in data centers in Norway
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Naver secures $270m loan for AI data center in Sejong, South Korea
While AI cloud Verda raises $117m in funding round
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Verne and Nscale complete first phase of AI deployment in Iceland
Companies signed 15MW lease agreement in November 2025
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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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TikTok to invest €1bn in second Finnish data center
Comes after the company pulled back on plans for its Ireland location
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Nscale teams up with Fortum for data center in Harjavalta, Finland
Details remain sparse
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Nebius plans 310MW AI data center in Lappeenranta, Finland
Initial capacity expected live in 2027
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Finland's Ministry of Justice delays plans for cloud migration
Election platform will now be deployed in the cloud after next year's general election
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Microsoft launches Denmark cloud region
Works continue on additional sites
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Aker Nscale plans 96MW data center in Skien, Norway
Joint venture targets another area of the country
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UpCloud launches data center region in Norway
Comes shortly after launching a location in Denmark
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AlphaTon leases 2.2MW IT capacity from atNorth data center in Sweden
Deal set to last for five years