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YIT and atNorth agree on construction of a data center in Kouvola – value for YIT ...
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21 July 2026
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Fusion42 · 21 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
YIT and atNorth have agreed on a EUR 300 million design-build contract for a 430 megawatt data center campus in Kouvola, Finland, expected to complete by end of 2027. The facility will run on renewable energy and support AI and HPC capacity across the Nordic region.
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◆ The Wire takeaway
If you supply power systems, cooling, renewable energy integration, or modular rack infrastructure for data centers, the Nordic AI build-out just moved from plans to active procurement—Kouvola alone is 430 megawatts and there are three more atNorth sites planned. Call your construction and data centre operator contacts this week; the window to bid components is now open.
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AI Infrastructure · Cloud Infrastructure · data-center-build · nordic-ai-capacity · renewable-energy · hpc-infrastructure · nordic-region