French energy firm Valorem is advancing plans to develop a data center campus in Savonlinna, a town in southeast Finland's South Savo region, as the company continues to expand its Nordic infrastructure pipeline.
Valorem Energies Finland and the city of Savonlinna have prepared a zoning agreement to facilitate the development, according to local press reports. The project would occupy 32 hectares in the Nätkin industrial area, with the first phase expected to deliver between 30MW and 50MW of capacity from 2028, scaling to more than 100MW by 2032.
A key feature of the campus is its planned integration with the local energy system: waste heat generated by the facility would be made available to the surrounding district heating network, aligning with Finland's broader push to recover and reuse excess thermal energy from digital infrastructure.
An amendment to the local city plan required for the project will proceed to the city council for consideration at the end of September. News that Valorem was first exploring a data center in Savonlinna emerged in May.
The Savonlinna project forms part of a wider Finnish expansion for Valorem, which has approximately 1.5GW of energy projects in development or operation across the country spanning wind, solar, and hydroelectric sites. Founded in 1994, the company holds more than 8.5GW of projects under development or operation across Europe.
Beyond Savonlinna, Valorem is also looking to develop a 60MW data center and solar-plus-storage campus on 55 hectares in Eurajoki in Western Finland, and has a separate project in the works in the Halme industrial area in the city of Kankaanpää in southwest Finland, though full details on that initiative have not been disclosed.
The move underscores a growing trend among European renewable energy developers to pair generation assets with data center loads, particularly in the Nordics, where abundant clean power, cool climates, and supportive district heating frameworks make the region attractive for hyperscale and colocation operators seeking to meet sustainability targets.