Data center firm T.Loop is expanding into Finland.

The company this week announced that the city of Hanko has reserved land in the Eastern Industrial Area for the development of a new data center.

Further details of the project have not been shared.

Hanko is a town on the southern coast of Finland in the western part of the Uusimaa region. It is located 130 kilometres (80 miles) west of Helsinki.

“This establishment is an important step in our strategy to build resource-efficient AI infrastructure in the Nordics and Europe,” said Helena Fagraeus Lundström, T.Loop CEO. “Our model means that data centers not only consume energy, but also contribute back to society.”

Founded in 2021 and formerly known as Therma Loop, T.Loop offers what it calls Data Energy Centers that are often placed within existing office-type buildings. These facilities aim to reuse their excess heat for nearby buildings and connect their UPS systems to the grid. The company offers both air-cooled and immersion-cooled capacity.

The company said the Hanko facility is planned to supply heat to the local district heating network and contribute to strengthening the region’s energy system and digital capacity.

The company opened its first data center – a 200kW facility – in an office building in the Sollentuna area north of Stockholm in December 2023. The company then acquired an 800 sqm (8,610 sq ft) facility in the center of Stockholm in January 2024. It is planning another in Stockholm’s slaughterhouse district.

T.Loop’s website says it has several sites under development in Sweden and the UK.

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