Step 4 · Sell
See what it sells for
Price, fill and contract terms, as scenarios.
Markets and operators: who is building where
The pipeline, the grid, the power, the latency and the rules of a market, and the operators building in it. Counts and dated figures, from the tracker and the official sources.
Data centres in Finland
At a glance: Finland
- Pipeline projects
- 41
- 16 permitted or being built
- Checked 17 Oct 2026
- New grid connections
- Conditional
- vapaan kapasiteetin jakoperiaatteet, in force since 1 Jun 2026. Helsinki, distribution
- Checked 23 Oct 2026
- Wholesale power price
- 40€/MWh
- Day-ahead, 2025 mean, Finland
- Calendar year 2025
- Grid carbon intensity
- 58g CO₂/kWh
- Yearly average, Finland
- Latest full year
- Next national rule date
- 31 Dec 2027
- First notices due to Finland’s Energiavirasto from existing data centres above 1 MW that use no waste heat
- Applies in Finland
- Latency to nearest major hub
- 15 ms
- Round trip, Helsinki to Amsterdam
- Straight line, minimum
On 17 October 2026 the pipeline tracker lists 41 data-centre projects in Finland, and 16 of them are permitted or being built.
Data centres in Finland in October 2026
The tracker follows 41 data centre projects of 1 MW or more in Finland, 16 of them permitted or being built. 32 developers are behind them, led by atNorth and Polarnode with 3 projects each.
Projects by stage
What the capacity figures measure
Each capacity is on its own stated basis; never added.
Who is building in Finland
And 22 other developers with one project each; 1 project with no developer named. A joint venture counts once per partner. All operators and developers.
What changed
12 milestones in the last 90 days; the newest is from Oct 2026.
Power and grid in Finland
Conditional
New grid connections are conditional (Helsinki, distribution, since 1 Jun 2026). Checked 23 Oct 2026. Every country’s grid connections.
Over a year, country level
- Grid carbon, latest full-year average
- 58g CO₂/kWh
- 5th cleanest of 30 countries; 96% renewable or nuclear
- Business electricity price, latest full year
- 59€/MWh
- 2nd cheapest of 26; wholesale is 57% of it
- Wholesale power, 2025 average
- 40€/MWh
- 1st cheapest of 30
Climate at Helsinki
- Hours a year above 27 °C dry-bulb
- 35h
- mean of 2016 to 2025
- Hours a year above 32 °C dry-bulb
- 0h
- worst year 0 h
- Hours a year above 20 °C wet-bulb
- 54h
- limit for evaporative cooling
Hourly reanalysis at the city’s grid cell, 2016 to 2025.
Annual averages are national, for the latest full year.
Fibre latency from Helsinki
| To | Round trip, minimum | Path length | Path |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stockholm | 3.9 ms | 396 km | Straight line (no mapped land route) |
| Oslo | 7.7 ms | 787 km | Straight line (no mapped land route) |
| Copenhagen | 8.7 ms | 883 km | Straight line (no mapped land route) |
| Amsterdam | 15 ms | 1,502 km | Straight line (no mapped land route) |
| Frankfurt | 15 ms | 1,515 km | Straight line (no mapped land route) |
| London | 18 ms | 1,821 km | Straight line (no mapped land route) |
| Paris | 19 ms | 1,908 km | Straight line (no mapped land route) |
| Dublin | 20 ms | 2,024 km | Straight line (no mapped land route) |
Floors for light in fibre, city centre to city centre; operator fibre adds to this.
Rules and dates
| Where | Rule | Status |
|---|---|---|
| EU | Reporting duty from 500 kW installed IT power, 7 items and 24 indicators, next report 15 May 2027 | In force |
| EU | Waste-heat use above 1 MW total rated energy input, unless a cost-benefit assessment shows it is not feasible | In force |
| EU | Common rating scheme adopted 21 Sep 2026; in Parliament and Council scrutiny, extended 6 Oct | Adopted, not in force |
Next dates
- 14 Dec 2026the EU Commission’s minimum performance standards consultation and call for evidence closes
- 15 May 2027EU database and French reports due (every year)
- 11 Oct 2027EU deadline under Article 11 of the Energy Efficiency Directive for a certified energy management system at enterprises above 85 TJ (23.6 GWh) of annual energy consumption
- 31 Dec 2027first notices due to Finland’s Energiavirasto from existing data centres above 1 MW that use no waste heat
Formal refusals and bans since 2025
No area-wide rule recorded for Finland.
1 decision on a single site since 2025, not listed here.
Decisions from 1 Jan 2025; statuses checked 21 Oct 2026. A market with none recorded is not a low risk market.
Projects of 1 MW or more, announced to under construction, not yet fully operating; a metro includes its region. Capacities are never added, and no project is listed. Grid: new-connection status from the grid connection tracker. Over a year: national averages, latest full year. Latency: light in fibre over the mapped land route, else the straight line. Sources, 7 official bodies, checked 23 October 2026: Caruna, Copernicus Climate Change Service (ERA5), EUR-Lex (Official Journal of the EU), Fingrid, Helen Sähköverkko, Tuusula municipality, Ympäristöhallinto (Finnish environmental administration).