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Nebius Lappeenranta AI Factory

Nebius Lappeenranta AI Factory is an AI data center campus developed by Nebius in South Karelia, Lappeenranta. 0.31 GW of capacity has been announced; none is energized yet. The gap is what this page tracks: what is claimed versus what is actually built, each figure dated and sourced.

Under construction · Nebius · other · Lappeenranta, South Karelia, Finland (Eurosatory 2026 showcase), Europe

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Capacity: announced vs energized

Contracted
not recorded
Under construction
not recorded
Energized
not recorded

Announced-to-energized gap: 0.31 GW. Every figure below is a single dated, sourced claim. Current best per series resolves by evidence tier, then date. See the methodology.

73rd-largest announced of 106 tracked campuses35th percentile announced-to-energized gap≈ 251,000 homes of power at full announced capacity (basis)

Promised online: 2027. 14 months away. Claimed by Nebius (source).

Nebius Lappeenranta AI Factory capacity claims
Source
Announced0.31 GW2026-06-01reportedjournalist report

Key facts

under construction

Lifecycle

0.31 GW

Announced

0 GW

Energized

Nebius

Developer

Europe

Location

other

Grid

0.31 GW

Announced-to-energized gap

Reported facts

Structured facts sourced from citations already on this record. Each fact traces to a source in the References section below.

Capacity (company-claimed, Mar 2026)
Up to 310 MW; first capacity for customers in 2027
Site (company-claimed)
Multi-building campus on 41 ha leased from the city in Pajarila; up to 700 construction jobs, about 100 permanent.
Cooling (company-claimed)
Closed-loop liquid cooling; waste heat to district heating
Developer
Polarnode builds the campus with Nebius as operator; construction underway
Project value (reported)
More than $10B
Construction (2026)
City says Nebius is building; Polarnode doing preparatory works; first phase due 2027

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The story of Nebius Lappeenranta AI Factory
Announced capex
$10B
Jobs
100 permanent reported
Derived
Cost per MW
$32M/MW
Cost per job
$100M per permanent job

Every figure is one row in the ledger below with its source. Derived rows are pure arithmetic on the rows above (not new claims). Absent lines mean the fact isn't on record yet.

The deal

chip supplier
NVIDIA · Blackwell and Vera Rubin platforms
developer
Nebius · Amsterdam-headquartered AI cloud company (Nasdaq: NBIS), founded by Arkady Volozh; developer and operator

Power

Power source
grid
Grid operator
other
Interconnection

Why here

Nebius Lappeenranta AI Factory is in South Karelia, Lappeenranta. It connects to the other grid, draws on grid power. This siting summary is composed from the record's held fields, not speculation; see methodology.

Financial structure

Total investment ($10bn)
$10B journalist report

Investment, workforce and specs

Construction jobs
~700 skilled construction jobs source
Permanent jobs
~100 permanent positions source

Timeline

  2. Aug 2026
    party linked
    developer: linked externalName "Nebius" to company nebius
  3. Nov 2026
    Current: Under construction

Sources

24031bfb-3918-454e-8ffd-c879ac2e2d63 · Tracked with DEPLOY's verified-vs-claimed methodology. Every term is defined in the glossary. Announced numbers are claims, not built capacity.

Head-to-head

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Common questions

What is Nebius Lappeenranta AI Factory?
Nebius Lappeenranta AI Factory is an AI data center campus tracked on the DEPLOY registry, located in Lappeenranta. DEPLOY records its capacity as a dated, sourced ledger: announced gigawatts versus actually energized gigawatts, never a press-release total.
How much power will Nebius Lappeenranta AI Factory use?
Nebius Lappeenranta AI Factory has 0.31 GW of announced capacity on the DEPLOY registry; no energized capacity is yet recorded. Each figure is individually dated and sourced.
Who is building Nebius Lappeenranta AI Factory?
Nebius is recorded as a party to Nebius Lappeenranta AI Factory on the DEPLOY registry. The full party list, with each role, is on the record.
Is Nebius Lappeenranta AI Factory operating yet?
As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, Nebius Lappeenranta AI Factory is under construction. DEPLOY tracks the lifecycle from announced through energized, so the current state reflects sourced evidence, not the original announcement.
How verified is the data on Nebius Lappeenranta AI Factory?
This record has been checked against its cited sources by automated agents for the indexed registry; it has not been individually reviewed by a person. Every capacity figure is an append-only, dated claim resolved to the highest-evidence tier; superseded claims are kept but excluded from the current view.

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DEPLOY. (2026). Nebius Lappeenranta AI Factory: AI data center campus record. Retrieved November 12, 2026, from https://registry.deploy.report/datacenters/nebius-lappeenranta-ai-factory

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