Pure Data Centres to build €1.5bn AI data centre campus in Seinäjoki

The British operator Pure DC is building an AI data centre campus in Seinäjoki: Phase 1 with 110 MW for over €1.5 bn is already fully leased, and the site can be scaled to over 550 MW and around €7.5 bn. Largest foreign investment by a British company in Finland; over 3,000 jobs during the roughly ten-year construction phase, with waste heat feeding into the district heating network. Follow-up: on 21 July 2026 Pure DC secured an additional €1.3bn of committed senior debt (SMBC, ABN AMRO, Citi, Société Générale, Natixis CIB) to accelerate phase 1 (110 MW, over €1.5bn). Follow-up (21 July 2026): Pure DC secured an additional €1.3bn in debt financing for the already fully leased Phase 1 (110 MW), arranged by SMBC, ABN AMRO, Citi, Société Générale and Natixis CIB; at full scale (550+ MW) the investment could exceed €7.5bn. Source: GlobeNewswire press release, 21 July 2026.