Industrial Site Development

Accelerating Time-to-Market for Energy-Intensive Investments

Fortum offers tailored industrial site development solutions in Finland, catering to global energy-intensive industrial developers and investors. With our strong commitment to driving industry decarbonisation, we offer support at the early phases of low carbon investments by providing sites matching your requirements.

We specialise in early-phase industrial site development, providing scalable and customisable sites, and we can shorten your investment process by several years. Our strong connections to the transmission grid and co-operation with landowners and municipalities promote fast time-to-market.

Are you:

Looking for

an ideal location for your hyperscale data centre project?

Involved in

green hydrogen or hydrogen derivate projects as an investor or a developer, either as a new business segment or as an expansion to existing business?

Active in

battery industry based on CO2-free energy?

Why choose Finland?

Very competitive electricity prices
Access to abundant CO2-free energy 24/7
94% of Finnish power production is CO2-free
Considerable wind and solar development pipeline, forecast by transmission operator Fingrid
World-leading grid reliability (99.99995%)
Large and scalable industrial sites available
Skilled workforce for demanding technologies
Societal support for new investments and easy-to-do business environment

Estimated CO2free energy production in Finland

Scalable Industrial Sites  for Your Green Investment

With our expertise, you can reduce time-to-market by several years.

At the heart of our service is the provision of large, scalable industrial sites that match your requirements whether it is a ready-made zoning solution or one tailored to your specific needs. We ensure strong power grid connections to the transmission operator and/or local distributors.

We bring extensive experience in stakeholder dialogue to the table, facilitating smooth communication and co-operation. We also facilitate dialogue with other key stakeholders such as civil servants, politicians, and others pivotal to your project's success.

Furthermore, regulatory frameworks supporting the use of CO₂-free electricity offer additional benefits for your investment.

Data centre location to Finland - case Microsoft

Ground-breaking waste heat recycling from data centre

Fortum and Microsoft are collaborating on an innovative project set to transform sustainability efforts in Finland's capital region.

The starting point was the need to find alternatives to replace fossil fuels in Fortum’s district heating production to achieve carbon neutrality at group level by 2030. Waste heat from data centres running on CO₂-free power was concluded as a potential solution, and the process to identify potential partners was initiated.

The outcome is the collaboration with Microsoft, where the company is making the biggest ICT investment in Finland by building a datacenter region close to the capital area. Finland is an ideal location for datacenters due to the cold climate and access to CO₂-free power and a reliable power grid.

The waste heat produced by the datacenters will be captured and used in Fortum's district heating , making this a truly win-win situation for all.

This collaboration signifies a significant stride towards a more sustainable digital transformation and enabling large scale CO₂-free district heating.