Seinäjoki to acquire over 100 hectares of land for data center

Seinäjoki has signed a preliminary agreement to acquire a total of well over 100 hectares of land for data center use. The city is preparing to sell approximately 43 hectares of land already zoned and approximately 75 hectares of land not yet zoned in the Kivenneva area for ShelCo 294 Oy’s data center projects.

Thanks to the new deal, construction opportunities will multiply.

Mayor Jaakko Kiiskilä is very pleased that the construction of a major project that has been in the works for a long time is gaining momentum.

“The project has been prepared carefully and in good cooperation. The data center market is hot globally and Seinäjoki appears to be a very interesting investment destination.”

According to Kiiskilä, the already zoned, or 44 hectares, building rights for the expanding data center area are 200,000 square meters, and the unzoned area is even more.

“Thanks to this area, Seinäjoki will rise to the ranks of significant data center cities in Finland and Europe. The area’s employment impact during both the construction and operation phases is significant. The project will attract other companies and jobs to the area for supervision, maintenance, services, logistics, the actual ICT industry, etc.”

“The arrival of the data center has been prepared for ten years, and plans have changed over the years as technology has developed. However, the good things have been worth waiting for. Now the time is ripe for this type of green data center. The waste heat generated by the servers is utilized in the city’s district heating network and can be utilized in other projects as well”, adds Service Manager Pekka Hunnakko from Into Seinäjoki.

The purchase price for the areas already zoned is over 7 million euros and for the area not yet zoned approximately 10 million euros.

For more information: Pekka Hunnakko, Into Seinäjoki, tel. 0500 569 807, pekka.hunnakko(at)intoseinajoki.fi