Arcem has acquired land in eastern Finland for a planned data center development.

The company this week announced it has signed an agreement with the municipality of Joroinen to acquire a site for a data center project.

The first development phase will make 60MW available as early as 2027, scaling to 100MW before 2029. The site could eventually scale to 500MW.

The agreement was signed last week following a unanimous resolution by the Joroinen municipal council. The property is zoned for data center use, and a building permit for the first phase is expected to be in place as early as this summer. News that Arcem was targeting Joroinen for a development surfaced last year.

Joroinen is a municipality in the North Savo region of Finland, some 315km northeast of Helsinki.

The site is located directly adjacent to Fingrid’s existing 400/110kV transformer station at Huutokoski.

In addition to the site being acquired from the municipality, Arcem has secured neighboring plots for future expansion. The combined area totals approximately 800,000 sqm (8.61m sq ft).

“In Joroinen, we have established a clear path to grid connection and construction start through a structured process involving the municipality, the local grid operator and Fingrid. The area is reachable in under three hours by car from Helsinki via a four-lane motorway, has a railway at the site and a local airport nearby. This makes it attractive to a broad range of tenants,” says Anders Bakken Eriksen, CEO of Arcem. “In today’s market, two things matter most – time to market and scale. Our project in Joroinen delivers both. This is one of several projects we are working on in Finland, and it forms part of a broader Nordic platform we have built up over time.”

Arcem is Bonum’s Nordic data center platform. The company has projects in development across Finland and Norway.

Norway’s Bonum is a privately owned property and infrastructure development group working across residential, commercial property and data center development in the Nordics.

Across Finland, Arcem is known to be targeting developments in Pyhäjärvi, Rautalampi, Joroinen, Kuhmo, Salo, and Oulu. In Norway, the company is looking to develop in Bergen, Husnes, Elverum, and Moss.

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