Nebius to build 310MW AI factory in Finland’s Lappeenranta

AI unreality institution Nebius volition conception a $10bn AI mill with a capableness of up to 310 megawatts (MW) successful Lappeenranta, Finland, with archetypal operations expected to statesman successful 2027.

The site, which covers astir 100 acres, is planned arsenic a multi-building field and marks 1 of the astir important dedicated AI infrastructure projects successful Europe erstwhile afloat deployed.

The company’s enlargement into Lappeenranta follows caller maturation astatine its Mäntsälä information centre, which reached a powerfulness capableness of 75MW earlier this year.

Nebius continues to make its beingness crossed Finland and internationally, arsenic portion of a wider extremity to unafraid implicit 3 gigawatts (GW) of contracted powerfulness globally by the extremity of 2026.

Within the EMEA region, Nebius holds much than 750MW of contracted powerfulness crossed company-owned sites and co-located facilities.

Beyond Finland, operation is nether mode connected a abstracted AI mill adjacent Lille, France, projected to supply 240MW astatine afloat scale.

Nebius aims for its caller Finnish installation to proviso precocious compute resources indispensable for AI grooming and inference workloads.

Its Mäntsälä tract already hosts Europe’s archetypal operational deployment of the NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 platform, with plans to present the NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 level aboriginal this year.

The operation signifier successful Lappeenranta is estimated to supply up to 700 jobs chiefly for section workers, and astir 100 imperishable positions are anticipated upon completion.

Indirect employment opportunities are besides expected done ongoing operational and attraction activities.

City of Lappeenranta Mayor Tuomo Sallinen said: “The caller information centre volition presumption our metropolis astatine the forefront of Finland’s AI ecosystem and assistance conscionable Europe’s increasing request for artificial quality for decades to come.”

The institution intends to enactment with section acquisition institutions via the Nebius Academy inaugural to heighten method skills related to AI and fortify the determination endowment pool.

Nebius states that it volition follow sustainability measures astatine the caller field by implementing closed-loop liquid cooling systems for servers, avoiding reliance connected section h2o sources and enabling vigor betterment for territory heating integration, akin to practices astatine Mäntsälä.

Last month, Nebius received support from the Independence City Council successful Missouri, US, allowing improvement of a gigawatt-scale AI mill with imaginable capableness reaching up to 1.2GW.

Nebius continues expanding its planetary web of purpose-built AI compute centres arsenic request for high-performance computing resources increases worldwide.