Policy / Mixed
Finland
Finland planned to raise electricity tax on data centres while offering a conditional relief scheme.
The government decided in October 2025 to move data centres from the reduced to the standard electricity tax rate from 1 July 2026, and in December 2025 approved a ten-year relief scheme for registered data centres that reuse waste heat or beat current efficiency standards. A data centre registry is also planned. The tax authority described the tax change as a bill awaiting Parliament, and we could not confirm its final passage.
Power and grid
Fingrid said on 18 August 2026 that data centre projects with signed connection agreements total nearly 5GW and that new connection capacity is almost fully reserved in many areas, causing regional waits.
The rules and programmes
| Instrument | Kind | Status | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electricity tax change for data centres Read the cited source | Tax or incentive | proposed from 1 July 2026 | Government bill HE 156/2025 would raise the duty by 2.19 cents per kWh; the tax authority page showed it as awaiting Parliament. |
| Fixed-term state aid scheme and registration obligation Read the cited source | Tax or incentive | proposed from 1 July 2026 | Decided 5 December 2025: ten years of tax relief capped at EUR 30 million in lost revenue, for registered data centres with waste heat reuse or better efficiency. |
Recorded site and system evidence in Finland
These separately dated records identify systems and institutions, not current operating status, campus boundaries or available compute. Their evidence checks do not refresh the policy facts on this page.
- Google Hamina data centre Evidence checked 2 October 2026.
- Microsoft Hepokorpi data centre, Espoo Evidence checked 2 October 2026.
- Microsoft Kirkkonummi data centre campus Evidence checked 2 October 2026.
- Nebius Mäntsälä data centre Evidence checked 2 October 2026.
- Nebius Lappeenranta AI factory Evidence checked 2 October 2026.
- LUMI-AI AI Factory system, CSC Kajaani Evidence checked 2 October 2026.
- LUMI (CSC, Kajaani) Evidence checked 17 October 2026.
See all recorded Finnish site and system evidence. Follow each system's dated original source; no current system-specific allocation route is verified here.
Related developments
- Nokia reports rising sales and orders from AI and cloud customers
- Alibaba Cloud plans first regions in Türkiye, Finland and the Netherlands
- Fingrid study finds siting near generation could add connection capacity
- Cerebras and Compute Nordic Finland announce a phased data centre at Mikkeli
These news accounts have their own sources, dates and limits. They do not refresh the older evidence on this page.
Checked against the primary sources linked above on 2 October 2026. Due for review by 1 January 2027. This is a summary, not legal advice. If something is out of date, tell us.
Cite this page
ComputeFinder. (2026, October 2). Finland: data centre and compute policy. ComputeFinder. Retrieved November 14, 2026, from https://computefinder.net/policy/finland
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title = {Finland: data centre and compute policy},
author = {{ComputeFinder}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://computefinder.net/policy/finland}},
note = {Page last checked 2 October 2026. Retrieved 14 November 2026.}
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