atNorth plans EUR 2bn FIN05 campus in Salo, Finland, with path to 230 MW
atNorth has announced FIN05, a new data center on a 28.6-hectare site in Salo, southern Finland. Power for a 75 MW first phase is secured, with a path to 230 MW through a Fingrid substation. The company puts its own investment at about EUR 2 billion.
atNorth, the Nordic colocation and built-to-suit data center provider, announced on 5 October that it plans to develop a new site, FIN05, in Salo in southern Finland, according to the company's press release.
The campus will be developed on a 28.6-hectare site and will connect through a Fingrid substation. Power for the first phase, planned at 75 MW, is secured, and atNorth describes a path to power of up to 230 MW for the wider development. The company's FIN05 site page lists 230 MW of gross power capacity and up to 160 MW of IT capacity, with a first phase of 60 MW of IT capacity and power availability planned for the third quarter of 2028.
atNorth expects its own investment in the site to be approximately EUR 2 billion. The estimate excludes servers owned by customers and their installation, which the company says could represent a further investment of up to an estimated EUR 10 billion.
The City of Salo said the data center will be built in the Kärkkä area, and that the city sold about 7 hectares of the land to Regant DC1 Oy, a company involved in the project, in the week before the announcement.
"We are delighted to welcome this investment to our region," said Anna-Kristiina Korhonen, Mayor of Salo, in the release. atNorth CEO Eyjólfur Magnús Kristinsson said: "We look forward to working with Salo and regional partners as the project develops."
On energy, atNorth plans to enter into long-term power purchase agreements with local energy suppliers and to offer flexibility solutions that could support the operation of Fingrid's transmission grid. It will also explore with local stakeholders how heat from the facility can be used.
For the Nordic market, FIN05 adds to a pipeline of atNorth sites under development in Kouvola in Finland, Ølgod in Denmark, Sollefteå and Stockholm in Sweden and Haugaland in Norway. The company currently operates seven data centers. The plan also arrives while Finland is reviewing how scarce grid capacity is allocated: a draft priority procedure for grid connections has been out for consultation and is intended to enter into force on 1 January 2027, according to a summary by law firm HPP.
The press release gives no construction start or opening date. The next steps to watch are the power purchase agreements, the heat reuse arrangements and the timing of the first phase.
Source: atNorth press release, atNorth FIN05 site page, City of Salo, HPP
This article was written with AI assistance and reviewed by the SDC-Platform editorial team before publication.
