Norwegian data center developer ASP DC has acquired land in Southwest Norway for a new data center development.

The company this week announced that the Municipal Council of Suldal unanimously decided to sell a commercial plot at Tysingvatnet to ASP Eiendom AS just before Christmas.

The plans include a data center project on a 56-decare (approximately 14-acre) site at Tysingvatnet. Full details of the planned development haven’t been shared, the municipality said the site has access to at least 25MW.

“We greatly appreciate the municipality’s trust. The approval enables us to invest in sustainable digital infrastructure while also contributing to local employment and industrial development in Suldal,” said Ole Fredrik Bergseth, CEO of Asp Data Center.

The company said that with the sale decision in place, detailed planning, further approval processes, and phased development will now begin. The land was sold for 40 million kroner ($4 million).

Suldal is a municipality in Rogaland county, on Norway’s southwestern coast.

“This marks a clear shift from being a municipality that produces power to also becoming a municipality that creates value and jobs from that power,” said Suldal Mayor Mads Drange.

The municipality has the right to buy back if the project is not realized, and cryptomining is not allowed at the site.

ASP DC was established in 2022 by ASP Eiendom AS, a Norwegian real estate firm launched in 2008. The company acquired a 1,500 sqm (16,145 sq ft) data center in 2024, though few details were shared. ASP also acquired a former factory and cryptomine outside Bergen, Norway, in September.

The company acquired a 300MW data center development site in Pori, Finland, in December. The same month saw the firm partner with Norwegian utility Lyse to integrate district cooling and heat recovery at its data center in Forus, near Stavanger, Norway.