| Google will buy half the electricity from one of Finland's nuclear power plants(bbc.com) | |
| 215 points by lukaspetersson 11 hours ago | 220 comments | |
tl;dr: Google is investing €13bn in Finland—its largest single European investment—to build three new data centres, expand its Hamina site, and power growing AI demand. As part of the deal, Google signed a 22-year contract with utility Fortum to purchase up to 50% of the output from the Loviisa nuclear plant, which supplies about 10% of Finland's electricity. Finland's cool climate, low-carbon power, and uncongested grid have made it a magnet for data centre investment, with TikTok also announcing a $1bn facility there this week. | |
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