France's Sesterce plans $11 billion AI investment in Finland

October 8, 2026 1:44 AM EDT

OSLO, Oct ‌8 (Reuters) - French ​AI ​infrastructure group Sesterce said on Thursday it plans to ‌develop a data centre site in ⁠Finland costing more than €10 billion ($11.21 billion), ‌the latest in a ‌series of foreign technology investments in the Nordic country.

• The first ​phase, with works planned to start in 2026, will have ⁠a capacity of 200 megawatt (MW), Sesterce said in ​a statement

• Capacity is expected to increase to 600 MW ​in the second phase

• ‌The company said it already has an anchor ⁠customer for the project, which will be built in Jamsa in central ⁠Finland at the site of a former ​paper mill that closed in 2021

• Over the longer term, Sesterce aims to build ‌more than 1 gigawatt of AI capacity in Finland, ‌on existing industrial sites and ⁠in line with ‌market demand, ​it said

($1 = 0.8925 euros)

(Reporting by Terje Solsvik, editing by Louise ‌Rasmussen)



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