DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Nordics
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Danish Parliament adopts "emergency plan" for electricity grid, puts data centers at the back of queue
Measures were first suggested during the summer
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Applied Digital to develop 1GW data center campus in Finland
Company expands into Europe, but few details provided on project
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atNorth to build 75MW data center in Salo, Finland
First phase to go live in 2028, potential expansion to 230MW
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Enetron Park announces zoning approval for 250MW data center in Pyhäjoki, Finland, despite local government denial
Announcement at odds with government decision
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Finland to abandon first-come, first-served grid connections, dropping data centers down the queue
Draft amendment looks at reallocating priority based on four groupings
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Lefdal Mine acquires data center development site in Norway
Company looks to expand with second site in Vestland County
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OpenAI and Anthropic seek 20-30MW data center deployments
As companies ramp up inference footprint
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Valorem eyes data centers in Savonlinna and Kankaanpää, Finland
French energy firm adds more data center projects to pipeline
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Asp Data Center secures NOK1.6bn to fund data center project in Stavanger, Norway
Company refinances previous agreement
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Telenor under investigation over former Myanmar unit amid suspected sanctions breaches
The carrier says it was left with "no real choice" over its Myanmar exit
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Google pledges €13bn investment in digital infrastructure in Finland
Will span a two-year period
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Google signs nuclear PPA with Fortum in Loviisa, Finland
The company's first nuclear PPA outside of the US market
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Equinix & CPP close acquisition of atNorth
Previous majority owner Partners Group opts to retain minority stake in Nordic operator
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Bull selected to deliver AMD-powered Lumi-AI supercomputer
AI supercomputer slated for deployment in H2 2027
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Cerebras starts construction on 165MW data center in Mikkeli, Finland
First 50MW underway
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OnZero partners with Helen to connect Helsinki AI data center to district heating network
Expected to supply the network with up to 525,000MWh of heat annually
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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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Amazon signs 199MW worth of PPAs across Sweden with OX2 and Mirova
Power will be delivered from four onshore wind farms
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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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Sweden's EcoDataCenter acquires land in Dalarna for 150MW campus
Company's third project in Dalarna County
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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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Magnora secures grid connection for Hämeenlinna data center in Finland
Revises the capacity of the data center to more than 120MW
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Telia Towers begins construction of satellite Earth station in Pyhäjärvi, Finland
Is working with a US space company to build the station
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Helios looks to build data center on 860 hectares in Finnish Lapland
Renewable company's third data center project
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Helios targets 80-hectare data center project in Lapinlahti, Finland
Renewable energy firm looks to expand data center portfolio
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Nebius expands European presence, announces deployment in Estonia and second data center in Mäntsälä, Finland
Announcements made alongside company’s Q2 2026 results