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ATNORTH TO DEVELOP NEW DATA CENTRE IN SALO, FINLAND
atNorth, a leading Nordic high-density colocation and built-tosuit data centre provider, has announced plans to develop a new data centre FIN05, in Salo, Finland, as part of its ongoing objective to meet the demand for high-performance digital infrastructure responsibly.
Salo offers a strong location for critical infrastructure serving customers with demanding requirements for connectivity and resilience. Its proximity to Helsinki and Finland’ s digital talent pool also support the development of the site.
FIN05 will be developed on a 28.6-hectare site. Power for the first phase, planned at 75 MW, is secured, with a path to power of up to 230 MW for the wider development. The site will connect through a Fingrid substation.
atNorth’ s investment in the Salo site is expected to be approximately € 2 billion. This estimate does not include servers owned by customers, or their installation, which could represent a further investment of up to an estimated € 10 billion.
atNorth plans to enter into long-term power purchase agreements with local energy suppliers to support energy production in the region, as well as flexibility solutions that could support the efficient operation of Fingrid’ s transmission grid. The company will also work with local stakeholders to explore opportunities to make use of heat generated by the data centre, helping create value beyond the facility itself. This builds on existing heat reuse collaborations with Kesko Corporation in Finland, Stockholm Exergi in Sweden as well as Vestforbrænding and Selected Group in Denmark.
Aurionpro Solutions, a leading end-to-end data centre solutions provider, has announced a significant expansion of its engagement with a leading global hyperscaler. The company has secured a new order valued at ₹ 150 crore( approx. US $ 15.5 million) for the supply, installation, testing and commissioning of an AI-ready data centre in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra. The project is scheduled to be delivered over the next nine months and marks the third significant project awarded by the hyperscaler to Aurionpro in less than a year. The latest win underscores the growing scale and depth of this relationship.
the planned addition of in-house manufacturing capabilities for critical components, enables us to expand our presence across the value chain, enhance execution efficiency and strengthen our competitive positioning. We believe these capabilities will further establish Aurionpro as a partner of choice and will bring further wins, driving sustained growth across this business.”
A key addition to the project is Aurionpro’ s first deployment of skid-based modular systems, which marks an important step in the company’ s backward-integration strategy, strengthening its manufacturing capabilities while enabling greater control over quality, execution and deployment timelines for critical data centre infrastructure.
“ We thank our customer for reposing its continued faith in Aurionpro,” said Bhaskar Bhattacharya, EVP & Head – Enterprise Business, Aurionpro.“ India’ s rapidly expanding AI ecosystem is driving unprecedented demand for advanced, AI-ready data centre infrastructure, creating a significant growth opportunity for us. Our ongoing backward-integration strategy, including
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