Why the
Nordics?
The Nordic region offers the energy, infrastructure, and stability required to support large-scale data centre and AI development over the long term.
The Nordic region offers the energy, infrastructure, and stability required to support large-scale data centre and AI development over the long term.
The Nordics offer a rare combination of dependable power, global connectivity, sustainability leadership, and long-term stability. Together with straightforward development processes and a skilled workforce, this creates a highly effective environment for the delivery and operation of large-scale data centre infrastructure.
The Nordics operate one of the world's cleanest power systems, dominated by hydro, wind, nuclear, and geothermal generation. This provides a scalable, low-carbon, and highly reliable electricity base for data-centre and AI infrastructure.
Large-scale renewable generation, integrated power markets, and supportive industrial policy support competitive long-term power pricing. Relative to major urban hubs, the Nordics also offer significantly greater availability of industrial land for campus-scale and phased development.
Cool Nordic climates enable year-round free cooling, reducing mechanical cooling requirements. This supports best-in-class energy efficiency, with typical PUEs of ~1.05–1.2 and structurally lower operating costs.
The Nordics' position between continental Europe, the UK, and North America supports the development of a Nordic-centred subsea cable network, positioning the region as a hub for resilient, low-latency transatlantic and European data flows.
Strong governance, political stability, and transparent regulation, reinforced by EU and EEA alignment, provide long‑term policy predictability and investor protection for large‑scale infrastructure.
As established European data‑centre hubs face grid congestion, land scarcity, and rising costs, the Nordics offer diversification through access to unconstrained power and long‑term expansion headroom.
Across the Nordic region, data centres are increasingly recognised as strategic infrastructure, with public authorities providing clear frameworks to support responsible development. Combined with GIGA-42's local teams, regional expertise, and integrated approach to energy and grid planning, this creates the conditions for efficient, well-aligned delivery of data centre infrastructure.
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