Google plans to commit at least €13bn to Google Finland data centre investment across 2027 and 2028, directing the spending towards new facilities and related infrastructure in Hamina, Kajaani, Muhos and Vaala. The company described it as its largest single investment in Europe to date.
The construction phase is expected to support more than 37,000 jobs nationwide, with the company saying the sites will contribute an average of €3.6bn a year to Finland’s GDP during the initial phase. Of those construction-era roles, approximately 16,000 are estimated to be in construction directly, generating €911 million in average annual labour income across the sector, according to Yahoo Finance.
Finland Prime Minister Petteri Orpo welcomed the announcement: ‘Google’s decision is a clear testament to our strengths. The value of the data economy extends far beyond direct investment into spurring innovation, research, and development. Deepening our collaboration with Google will deliver lasting benefits for both parties.’
Operational jobs to pay above Finland’s median wage
Once the sites move from construction to operation, they are forecast to support 7,000 jobs a year across data-centre operations, technical services and upstream suppliers. Those roles are projected to carry wages averaging 24% above Finland’s median, according to Quartz, pointing to a quality-of-employment case that goes beyond the headline job numbers.
Google is also committing €31 million over four years to community initiatives across the four host locations, with €10 million of that sum earmarked for research and innovation, Yahoo Finance reported. The community investment is positioned alongside the infrastructure spend rather than as a separate philanthropic gesture.
Google president and chief investment officer Ruth Porat said: ‘This investment underscores Google’s commitment to grow our presence responsibly, pairing the expansion of our technical infrastructure with new energy capacity, grid enhancements, and energy affordability initiatives.’
Google Finland data centre investment backed by nuclear and wind energy deals
A significant portion of the announcement concerns energy supply. Google has signed a 22-year power purchase agreement with Fortum to support the life-extension programme at the Loviisa nuclear plant, which currently employs around 580 people and provides a tenth of Finland’s electricity. The two companies have also agreed a memorandum of understanding to examine further flexibility and power-generation capacity, with the possibility of new nuclear reactors at the Loviisa site, though no construction decision has been taken.
On renewables, Google is supporting onshore wind projects with Valorem and Suomen Hyötytuuli, bringing its total backed onshore wind capacity in Finland to 629MW. A 94MW battery storage system near the Kajaani site, already under contract, is scheduled to start operating in late 2027.
The scale of the energy arrangements reflects the power intensity of AI-oriented data centre operations and the pressure on large technology companies to demonstrate credible clean-energy procurement rather than simply buying offsets.
A supply chain already in place
Google has operated in Finland for more than 15 years, anchored by its Hamina data centre. That long-standing presence has already generated a substantial local supply chain: between 2023 and 2025, the Hamina operation supported an ecosystem of more than 600 Finnish suppliers spanning construction, operations and network infrastructure, including DNA, Elisa and Nokia, according to Pulse 2.0. The breadth of that supplier network suggests the new investment will ripple well beyond the four named host municipalities.
The announcement arrives alongside broader activity in Finnish digital infrastructure. In July, Pure Data Centres Group unveiled plans for a €1.5bn AI data centre campus in Seinäjoki. The full campus, named SJK01, is intended to support large-scale AI and machine learning workloads and has been described as one of the largest AI infrastructure developments in Europe. Together, the two announcements position Finland as one of the more active markets in Europe for this class of capital expenditure.
Google’s community commitments, covering the four host cities, are set to run for four years from the date of announcement, with the research and innovation tranche providing a direct channel into Finland’s university and applied-science sector.
