A fierce data center may rise to the backyard of Harri Savolainen from Lohja

Lohja

Lohja Harri Savolainen The backyard overlooks the forest. The red sticks struck on the ground show where the neighbor’s border is. Soon, a huge data center may be on the site in question.

« If I had known it would be so big, I would have complained, » Savolainen says.

Now a man can do nothing but wait. And hope that the giant building will be left out of its own yard as possible.

The city signed on Monday With the controversial plot trade with Hyperco real estate investment company. The 217 420 square meter plot in Kittilä, Lohja, was sold to the company’s subsidiary Finedge Real Estate and Data Center for approximately EUR 1.8 million.

In the illustration of the white anemones, birch and spruce, a huge angular complex is seen. There is a construction area Marked on the EIA report 122 900 square meters. One side of the area of ​​that size area would be 351 meters.

The area sold in May looked like this. The plot sold is roughly bordered by the field shown at the bottom of the image and the Lappersintie road at the top. Picture: Sami Kero / HS

Savolainen recalls that he has received some kind of letter from the city a year or a couple of years ago. It told about the project and asked the neighbor to express their opinion. At that time, Savolainen thought that he would not hurt him.

Now He has begun to come to other ideas. The seed of doubt began to germinate when the Minister of Economic Affairs Wille rydman (ps) as well as the Minister for Transport and Communications Lulu wrist (ps) require public to postpone trade. Rydman has hoped that the background of the project would still be investigated because it is not known which data center operator is coming to the site.

Lohja’s city structure director Pekka Puistosalo Even the city is waiting for Hyperco to tell the actor. It is certain already at this point that it is not a Chinese -owned social media service Tiktok like In Kouvola.

Prime minister Petteri Orpo (co) reassured the conversation on Tuesday. According to him, Finnish data center projects have progressed through the normal process. Armed forces According to the Kouvola project permits are in order.

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« I hope the data center will not go to the Chinese or Russians, at least. »

Lohja Security still wonders.

« I hope that the data center will not go to the Chinese or Russians, at least, » says Savolainen, who is standing in the yard.

« Actually, I hope this goes to the Lohja model. So won’t go, » he jokes.

According to several locations, things in Lohja tend to get stuck in the juniors. But why would this happen? Everyone has a different guess: someone complains about the plan, the money runs out, there is a rare plant in the area or there is not enough electricity …

Many details are really open. According to the city park, at least electricity should not be a problem, as there is a conversion station for a state -owned state company Fingrid, which maintains a Finnish transmission grid, near the planned data center.

A potential Chinese actor raises doubts in Juha Koske, Lohja. He is wondering if Finnish information could leak abroad from the center. Picture: Sami Kero / HS

In the air Floating questions also hinder oats sowing Juha Koske.

Koski has a rental field of about 30 hectares next to the planned data center. There would be a thin wood curtain between the areas.

« At least the landscape is changing. But you can see the schedule that will happen, » Koski says.

The native Lohja is pleased that the city has received such a great investment. At the same time, he hopes that the background of the future operator will be carefully checked and ensure that the taxes are paid in Finland.

The city hopes that the data center would work for local construction and installation companies. Construction workers could bring a boost to nutrition shops, Puistosalo hopes.

The wishes of the locals are not very high. More people believe that, in part, a foreign company brings the factors cheaper from abroad.