Google to invest €13B in Finnish data centers, buy half a nuclear plant's output for 22 years
2C_ornot2C · x · 2026-09-10
Google plans to invest €13 billion over two years in data centers at three sites in Finland. Energy company Fortum also announced Google will buy half of the Loviisa nuclear power plant's entire capacity for 22 years to power them. Commenters marvel at the sheer scale of AI compute investment across the US, China, SE Asia and India.
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