Pure DC Launches One of Europe’s Largest Ever AI Infrastructure Projects: Phase 1 (110MW) of an over €7.5 Billion, 550MW AI Campus in Seinäjoki, Begins Fully Leased, with Planning & Power Already Secured

• Campus positio s Fi la d at the fo ef o t of Eu ope’s AI evolutio , c eati g oppo tu ities fo i ovatio , educatio , e t ep e eu ship a d sustai able commu ity developme t
• Phase 1 will see ove €1.5 billio i vestme t fo the 110MW AI site, a d is al eady fully leased, c eati g mo e tha 1,500 co st uctio jobs
• The full site will scale to a +€7.5 billio i vestme t, delive i g a 550MW AI campus a d ove 3,000 jobs
• Pu e DC’s p oject ep ese ts the UK’s la gest eve i wa d i vestme t i Fi la d

LONDON, July 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pu e Data Ce t es G oup (“Pu e DC”), the pa -Eu opea a d Middle East hype scale cloud a d AI data ce t e platfo m, today a ou ced it has lau ched what will become o e of Fi la d’s la gest eve i wa d i vestme t p ojects, a d the la gest eve by a UK compa y. Phase 1 will see i vestme t of ove €1.5 billio fo a 110MW AI campus, with the site i Sei äjoki capable of scali g to a +€7.5 billio , 550MW+ campus fo AI wo kloads, subject to the ecessa y pe missio s a d co t acti g. Phase 1 is al eady fully leased, with the substatio fo the fi st data hall, co st ucted a d live, a d all pla i g pe missio s a d powe equi eme ts secu ed.

At +€7.5 billio , the full Sei äjoki campus will be o e of Eu ope’s la gest eve AI i f ast uctu e p ojects, helpi g to put Fi la d at the fo ef o t of Eu ope’s AI t a sitio . It will have the capacity to play a pivotal ole i suppo ti g the egio ’s eskilli g, educatio , e t ep e eu ship, digital g owth a d e e gy esilie ce. I collabo atio with its local pa t e , SDC Ve tu es, the developme t will p ovide ove 3,000 jobs du i g the decade-lo g co st uctio , d ivi g dema d fo skilled oles a d utilisi g local compa ies whe eve possible. The p oject will also imp ove local elect icity a d telecommu icatio s i f ast uctu e.

Sec eta y of State fo the UK Depa tme t of Busi ess & T ade, The Rt Ho Pete Kyle MP said, “It’s fa tastic to see a B itish headqua te ed fi m th ive o the wo ld stage by delive i g the UK’s la gest i wa d i vestme t i to Fi la d, ceme ti g ou positio as a wo ld leade i the AI space.

“Th ough ou Mode I dust ial St ategy, we’ e e su i g the UK emai s a leade i AI, setti g ou selves apa t globally while maki g su e ou t illio -dolla tech secto co ti ues to th ive fo decades to come.”

Jaakko Kiiskilä, Mayo of Sei äjoki Mu icipality, said, “Ou pa t e ship betwee the Sei äjoki egio , a d Pu e DC has bee fo ged ove the past two yea s, a d I’m excited to see this pa t of ou egio al developme t st ategy come to life. This p oject will b i g majo employme t to the Sei äjoki a ea fo yea s to come, a d ac oss ma y skills a d t ades. As well as the co st uctio jobs a d pe ma e t oles the e will be ma y othe be efits fo the a ea – busi ess ates a d p ope ty tax will be ei vested to be efit local eside ts, waste heat f om the data ce t e will be epu posed fo ou dist ict heati g etwo k, a d ou pa t e ship will also see Pu e DC i vesti g ac oss a umbe of educatio a d eskilli g i itiatives. Ou joi t belief is that this campus ca be a catalyst fo the c eatio of a eve la ge ecosystem of e t ep e eu s, supply chai i dust ies, a d employme t fo eside ts.”

The B itish Ambassado to Fi la d, Lau a Davies, comme ted, “I am delighted by this majo UK i vestme t i to Pu e DC’s ew site i Sei äjoki – the la gest yet by a UK compa y i Fi la d. It’s a example of the g owi g ole of UK compa ies i fi a ci g a d delive i g digital i f ast uctu e ac oss Eu ope, which is a key compo e t of buildi g ou sha ed data sove eig ty.

“Not o ly will this AI data ce t e campus become o e of Fi la d’s la gest i wa d i vestme t p ojects, but it will be a c itical e able of scie tific excelle ce, a d p ovide a platfo m to develop i dust ial competitive ess, a d sove eig capability. Side by side i the top te of the Global I ovatio I dex, the UK a d Fi la d al eady lead the way o AI a d AI secu ity, a d this ki d of wo ld-class compute i f ast uctu e will fu the suppo t ou ability to shape the futu e of AI fo the bette .”

“Cou t ies buildi g AI i f ast uctu e ove the ext decade will shape the global eco omy fo the ext fifty yea s. Fi la d has all the i g edie ts equi ed to lead this t a sfo matio – wo ld class e gi ee i g tale t, abu da t e ewable e e gy a d a cultu e of i ovatio that gave ise to Nokia,” said Ga y Wojtaszek, Executive Chai ma & I te im CEO of Pu e DC.

“We a e ot buildi g data ce t es i Sei äjoki. Togethe with ou pa t e s, i cludi g the Sei äjoki Mu icipality, we a e helpi g c eate o e of Eu ope’s most impo ta t AI ecosystems capable of suppo ti g global tech leade s as well as the ext ge e atio of Fi ish e t ep e eu s a d i ovato s.”

Desig ated SJK01, the full campus is set withi 370 ac es a d ta geted to suppo t ove 550MW of IT capacity fo mass-scale AI a d machi e lea i g wo kloads. With access to mo e tha 700MVA of e ewable powe , the campus be efits f om exceptio ally low e e gy costs a d a highly stable g id. The developme t st ategy is based o epeatable 40MW ‘AI- eady’ modules, built with Di ect Liquid Cooli g (DLC) to suppo t the high-de sity the mal dema ds of ext-ge e atio ha dwa e.

High de sity data halls will be developed which a e based o a modula desig fo efficie cy, p edictability, a d speed of delive y. The data halls will offe flexibility fo futu e custome equi eme ts, offe i g eithe ai -cooled o liquid-cooled solutio s. Both cooli g app oaches use closed-loop systems mai tai i g ze o wate use i ope atio .

Pu e DC is committed to wo ki g with local commu ities ea cu e t a d futu e ope atio al locatio s. I Sei äjoki this i cludes developi g a lo g-te m skills pipeli e th ough collabo atio with Sei äjoki U ive sity of Applied Scie ces a d vocatio al i stitutio s. It aims to p ovide specialist skills t ai i g with a path to immediate post qualificatio employme t, helpi g to eskill a a ea of Fi la d t aditio ally associated with fo est y a d pape -milli g. SJK01 will also deploy waste heat ma ageme t, allowi g fo dist ict heati g p og ammes.

About Pu e Data Ce t es G oup: Pu e DC builds, a d ope ates data ce t es ac oss Eu ope, the Middle East a d Asia fo some of the wo ld’s la gest hype scale s. With ove 1GW of capacity live o u de developme t, we specialise i ove comi g complex challe ges such as la d availability, powe co st ai ts, a d egulato y hu dles. We a e committed to d ivi g lasti g positive cha ge, educi g the e vi o me tal impact of digital i f ast uctu e, a d buildi g t usted, lo g-te m elatio ships with ou custome s, pa t e s, a d commu ities.

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