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Fortum and town of Harjavalta to develop site for data centre project for Sievari industrial area (UPDATED: 13th December 2024 at 10:00)
14 June 2024 at 00:00 EEST
UPDATE 13th of December 2024 at 10:00: Fortum and the city of Harjavalta have agreed to expand the Sievari planning area to 80 hectares. The city council will discuss the updated planning reservation agreement and zoning agreement at its meeting on 16th of December 2024.
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Fortum is in the process of signing a planning reservation agreement with the town of Harjavalta to develop a data centre site. The planning reservation agreement covers 48 hectares of land in the Sievari district of Harjavalta and is valid until 30.6.2026. The agreement covers the first phase of the project. The actual investment in the site will be made by the developer of the data centre project.
”The site now earmarked for the project was purchased by the town early this year and a master plan for industrial use is currently being drawn up. The project will also require the preparation of a zoning plan. The town welcomes the proposed project,” notes Town Geodesist Jari Prehti.
Fortum’s aim is to develop and market the area to potential data centre investors and enable a smooth project preparation process for the industry’s actors,” says Vesa Maso from Fortum’s Industrial Customer Electrification unit.
Fortum has previously developed similar areas in Espoo and Kirkkonummi as part of the Espoo Clean Heat project in cooperation with Microsoft.
The development projects support Fortum’s strategic priorities: to deliver reliable clean energy and to drive decarbonisation in industries.
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