Data centers in Finland
Datacenter Atlas tracks 58 facilities in Finland, 55 data centers and 1 network points of presence: 0.7% of the global inventory and #30 worldwide by facility count.
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MW: megawatts of power for the computers. PUE: all the electricity a site draws divided by what reaches its computers (1.0 = nothing lost). Networks present: telecom networks recorded at each site, added up. Record quality (A to D) rates the record, not the site. Glossary →
Map
Largest hubs
- Helsinki29
- Hamina4
- Tampere4
- Oulu4
- Kajaani3
- Turku3
- Ulvila2
- Jyväskylä2
A hub is a town with at least 5 facilities, with its close neighbours. Facilities in smaller towns are not listed here, so the hubs do not add up to the country total.
Top operators
All 58 facilities
Sorted by disclosed IT load, then networks present. A row opens the full, source-linked record on the map. No IT load is disclosed for any of these sites, so the column is hidden.
⚡ Electricity context
- Electricity demand
- 87.9 TWh (2025)
- Grid carbon intensity
- 58 gCO₂/kWh
- Renewables share
- 56.5 %
- Low-carbon share
- 96.3 %
Source: Ember yearly electricity data (CC BY 4.0). Method
Water & climate exposure
- Data centers at high water stress (index ≥ 60)
- 0 of the 53 scored · 2 located at town level only are not scored
- Median baseline water stress (WRI Aqueduct, 0–5)
- 1.22
- Median riverine flood risk (0–5)
- 3.08
- Free-cooling hours ≤ 18 °C (median)
- 7,986 h/yr (91 %)
- Median cooling degree days
- 50
Derived indicators: WRI Aqueduct 4.0, GHSL, climate normals. See methodology. Method
Social friction index
Main driver: Neighbourhood (80/100)
How close people live: residents within 1 km and distance to the nearest homes. High = many close neighbours.
- Water
- Energy & grid
- Neighbourhood
- Concentration
- Policy context
- Observed conflict
Composite of water, grid, neighbourhood, concentration, policy and observed-conflict pressure. A derived indicator: not a measurement of public opinion. Method
Regulation
11 measures recorded
See the rules on the regulation map → · Compare with neighbouring countries →
Documented local conflicts & agreements
- Google to supply Hamina data center heat free to district heating · 2024-05-20 · heat reuse commitment · approved
- Fortum and Microsoft agree to heat Espoo-area homes with data center waste heat · 2022-03-17 · heat reuse commitment · approved
Announced large projects
- Pure DC SJK01 AI campus (Seinäjoki) · Pure Data Centres Group · under construction · 550 MW announced
- Arcem Joroinen data center campus · Arcem (Bonum) · permitting · 500 MW announced
- Nebius Lappeenranta AI factory · Nebius · announced · 310 MW announced
- Cerebras / Compute Nordic Mikkeli AI data center · Compute Nordic Finland · under construction · 165 MW announced
Questions
How many data centers are there in Finland?
Datacenter Atlas (release 26.08-c2) records 58 facilities in Finland: 55 data centers, 1 network points of presence and 2 unclassified sites. The count covers facilities documented in OpenStreetMap, PeeringDB, Wikidata and operator disclosures.
Which companies operate data centers in Finland?
The operators with the most tracked facilities in Finland are Elisa Oyj, Glesys AB, Equinix, Google, atNorth.
Where are data centers concentrated in Finland?
The largest hubs by facility count are Helsinki (29), Hamina (4), Tampere (4), Oulu (4), Kajaani (3).
Cite this page: Datacenter Atlas (2026). Finland, release 26.08-c2. https://www.datacenter-atlas.com/country/finland · ODbL / CC BY 4.0