Data centers Ranta-Luttila Data Center site in Warkaus Green Tech Valley

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Ranta-Luttila Data Center site in Warkaus Green Tech Valley

Ranta-Luttila Data Center site located in Warkaus Green Tech Valley in Varkaus. The local community and stakeholders are committed to work to help and advice Data Center operators who are interested in the offering Warkaus Green Tech Valley can offer. Ranta-Luttila DC site is in excellent location where power and connectivity are easy and fast to connect. The DC operator can choose from various cooling methods; e.g. cooling with direct air or with cooling towers are possible to build profitable. There are no natural disasters on the area. There are excellent contractors in Varkaus area since they are used to work with big industries. A lot of highly trained workforce are available and they used to work in shifts if needed. The scenery in Varkaus area is amazing with lot of lakes and recreational areas. Local cultural life is vivid and verstile. It is easy to find housing on Varkaus area.
 

Address: Luttilantie, 78400 Varkaus, Finland
Coordinates: 62.344409, 27.845014
Owned by:
Type: Greenfield
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Zoning readiness

Zoning ongoing for data center use

Notes on investment regulatory readiness

Decision makers and local authority of Varkaus supports strongly the process of the new Data Center in Varkaus. Varkaus has established "Warkaus Green Tech Valley" - program which coordinates all actions to make Varkaus and Luttila area ready for Data Center investment.

Local authority together with local developing Company Navitas is commited to co-operate and help in getting Data Center on the area.
 

Building right / [m2]

233 600

Site area / [m2]

334 000

Easements

No easements

Notes on site size and building permit

Building permit will be easy to achieve since the area is dedicated to Data Center use

Design rules and regulations

EN standard and Finnish national building regulation

Pre-approval of construction and environment permits, fire and rescue plan

Negotiations initiated

Site shape

Site shape is almost rectangle.

Prevailing wind directions

South

Natural water source available for cooling

Available

If yes, distance to water source / [meters]

200

Notes on cooling options

Water cooling is possible . Obvious choise is use cooling towers and make-up water from lake nearby.

Direct air cooling and adibatic cooling also viable options.

Type of ground

Finnish bedrock, mostly moraine

Levelling of plot

Plot is not construction ready / levelled

Type of forestry (if plot not levelled)

Typical softwood type of forest

Layout plan of datacenter building(s)

Detailed plan exists

Natural risks

No natural risks

Proximity of major roads, airports, flight paths and railways

Railroad (Varkaus railwaysation) is 2.5 km.

Highway is in 3 km distance. Saimaa Channel to Varkaus.

Varkaus has airport also in Joroinen (20 km distance). It can be used for Private business flights or transports. It has no regular traffic.

The nearest commercial airport is in Kuopio about 90 km and 1h driving distance. It has regular flights 6 times in a day to Helsinki international airport.


Proximity of hazardous industries

No hazardous industries nearby

Proximity of near by communities

Varkaus downtown 3.5 km, City of Pieksämäki 40 km and city of Kuopio 70 km away.

Current access to the site

Two or more roads

Notes on current and planned access to the site

There are 4 different roads planned to the site. At least two access roads will be built to the site as required by the DC Project.

Emergency vehicle accessibility

Easy road access straight to the fire station and rescue departments.

Distance to nearest international airport / [km]

315

Distance to nearest fire & rescue station / [km]

4

Distance to nearest police station / [km]

4

Distance to nearest hospital or health care center / [km]

3

Availability of public transportation

No public transportation to the site but can be arranged

What is needed to realize total power supply?

New 110 kV cable (about 800m) and 110/20 kV transformers, 20 kV switchgears

Lead time for total power supply to the site / [months]

24

Redundancy power availability

Available (same as total main power feed)

Arrangement of redundancy power

There should be double feed cables

Distance to 10 kv power connection point / [km]

0.8

Distance to 110 kv power connection point / [km]

0.8

Distance to redundancy power connection point / [km]

0.8

Distance to local grid substation, 110 kv / [km]

0.8

Distance to national grid substation, 400 kv / 110 kv / [km]

0.8

First phase electricity power supply (in 18 months or sooner)

7-10 MW

First phase power supply to the site

0 - 18 months

First phase electrical feed to the site

10 kV

First phase redundancy power availability

Available (same as first phase main power feed)

Notes on power supply

Power supply is easy to organize. Local power Company Savonvoima Oy can provide connection to existing 10 kV grid and also their 110 kV grid.

However Fingrid (National Grid) has powerfull 110 kV substation only 800m distance so 110 kV connection is really fast to organize. Existing path ways for 110 kV overhead lines go beside the Luttila DC site so no long time permit period is needed.

Local green energy

Available

Details on local green energy (suppliers)

Local energy company Savonvoima owns bio-, wind and hydro energy plants or has partial ownerships to them.

Local electricity supplier(s)

Savon Voima Oyj

Distance to optical fiber infrastructure / [km]

0.4

Distance to optical fiber infrastructure / [miles]

0.248548

Amount of diverse connections

3 or more

Connectivity supplier(s) to provide diverse connectivity

Fingrid Oyj

Arrangement of connection diversity

  • Ranta-Luttila DC is in well positioned site from network connectivity perspective
  • Site would need more investments on the fiber infrastructure, but building the infrastructure should be relatively easy
  • Varkaus DC area has 3 diverse routes to the area:
  • two by Fingrid OPGW, Dark fiber possibility
  • one by Telia terrestrial cable
  • one via VT5
  • DNA and Elisa fiber infrastructures are not that close so additional investments would be required to get their networks connected to Ranta-Luttila
  • There are no network core PoPs close to Varkaus DC so the operators would need to invest to DWDM and MPLS equipment at the site
  • During discussions with the operators they indicated their willingness to invest in the fiber and equipment infra to the planned DC area

Lead time for minimum of two connections / [months]

3

Distances to local internet exchange points (ix) in Finland

FICIX2 316 km Helsinki, FICIX1 335 km Espoo and FICIX3 360 km Oulu

Describe different cable routes from the site to key directions in and from Finland

Fiber routes to Stockholm, Helsinki and Frankfurt

Route 1:

Varkaus DC – Mikkeli (OPGW 85km) – Kouvola along railroad 5 (115km) – Helsinki along the VT6 and 170 (150km) – Rostock via C-Lion1 (1173km) – Frankfurt (865km)

  • ~2300km

Route 2:

  • Varkaus DC – Varkaus new local tail 5km – Pieksämäki along road 23 – Tampere(242km) – Turku along railway (170km) – Stockholm SK1 along the road (272km)
  • ~690km

Route 3:

  • Varkaus DC – Kuopio(OPGW 66km) – Pieksämäki (85km) – Mikkeli (72km) – Kouvola (106 km) – Lahti (62km) – Kerava (103km) – Helsinki (25km) Next to railroad – Tallinn – Riga – Vilnius – Warsaw – Frankfurt (2400km)
  • ~2840 km

Fiber routes to Finnish Russian border

Route 1:

  • Varkaus DC – Mikkeli – Lappeenranta OPGW – Vainikkala VT390
  • 215 km

Route 2:

  • Varkaus DC – Joensuu (VT23) – Parikkala (along the railway) – Imatrankoski (along the railway)
  • 330 km

Route 3:

  • Varkaus DC – Mikkeli (VT5) – Kouvola – Kotka – Kingisepp
  • 400 km

Notes on fiber connectivity

Fiber connectivity is easy to organize. Operators are willing to arrange more connections if required

Commitment of local utility companies

Ongoing planning and investment readiness exists

Water utilities on site

Potable water supply available

Notes on water utilities

Utilities locate very near from where they are easy to connect

District heating network

Available

Distance to district heating network / [km]

0.8

Notes on district heating network

Local district heating Company is Varkauden Aluelämpö Oy

Natural gas availability on site

Not available

Distance to natural gas network / [km]

0.8

Opportunities to utilize waste heat

Local district heating Company can use excess heat

Distance to delivery point / [km]

0.8

Notes on local ecosystem

Big machinery companies like Foster Wheeler and Andritz and Pulp and Paper mill Sora Enso Varkaus are located in town. Service and maintenance companies are located there fore a lot in Varkaus area. These comapnies can serve also Data Center companies.

Local workforce are used to heavy and big projects and also work as in 3-shifts if required.

Availability of skilled laborforce

Skilled labor force are weel available due to local industries and service sector.


Varkaus and Kuopio have various selection of Universities of Applied Sciences and University in Kuopio.

Higher education resources

Closest university is in Kuopio with physics, science and computing programs and classes.

Person(s) responsible for provided information

Osmo Kokkonen (Project Manager)

osmo.kokkonen@navitas.fi

+ 358405588108

Reijo Parkkinen (Project Manager)

reijo.parkkinen@fimpec.fi

Person(s) provided this information

Osmo Kokkonen (Project Manager)

osmo.kokkonen@navitas.fi

+ 358405588108

Reijo Parkkinen (Project Manager)

reijo.parkkinen@fimpec.fi

Availability

For sale

Site address

Luttilantie, 78400 Varkaus, Finland