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Sinimäki, Espoo, Finland

Reviewed 28 Sept 20267 sources
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Project brief

Operating Espoo campus with an 11,200 m² Skanska expansion under construction. Caruna confirms connection reinforcement is conditional on transmission-grid capacity; Kesko heat recovery has operated since…

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Check transmission-capacity release and commissioning; reconcile operator 40 MW headline with utility/contractor 45 MW scopes.

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Overview

Operating Espoo campus with an 11,200 m² Skanska expansion under construction. Caruna confirms connection reinforcement is conditional on transmission-grid capacity; Kesko heat recovery has operated since November 2025.

Developer / applicant
atNorth
Owner
Not verified
Operator
atNorth

Planning and delivery status

Existing facility remains operating. Skanska confirms expansion construction began in April 2026, with completion targeted for Q3 2027; this is one campus with an expansion, not a second operating facility.

Stage source: Publication date unstated

Project intelligence. This record does not establish that the land or facility is available to acquire.

POWER STUDY

Power

What the power evidence establishes

The site-specific connection scope has not been established for this record.

Power classDNo qualifying rung

No same-scope, dated import-MVA rung has document-seen or better verification. Nearby infrastructure, IT MW and marketing claims cannot upgrade the class.

The class describes published documentary evidence at its stated date. It does not prove current contractual rights, transferability or an energisation date.

Class describes evidence maturity. Public records do not prove current contractual rights, transferable capacity or an energisation date. This record has not received a complete power study review.

Read the rules and verification levels
01

Capacity ladder and evidence

Each rung is a separate MVA claim for its stated site or phase. A missing rung is unknown.

01

Applied

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What applied mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?
Event date
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the effective date of the applied connection evidence?
Capacity boundary
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which buildings or phases does the applied connection evidence cover?
Verification
Unknown
02

Offered

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What offered mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?
Event date
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the effective date of the offered connection evidence?
Capacity boundary
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which buildings or phases does the offered connection evidence cover?
Verification
Unknown
03

Accepted / contracted

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What accepted or contracted mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?
Event date
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the effective date of the accepted connection evidence?
Capacity boundary
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which buildings or phases does the accepted connection evidence cover?
Verification
Unknown
04

Energised

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What energised mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?
Event date
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the effective date of the energised connection evidence?
Capacity boundary
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which buildings or phases does the energised connection evidence cover?
Verification
Unknown
Connection point and load boundaries
Network operator
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which TSO or DSO is responsible for this demand connection?
Connection point
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the operator-confirmed connection substation or circuit?
Voltage
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What voltage level is specified for the demand connection?
Straight-line distance
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What are the evidenced site and connection-point coordinates, and their calculated straight-line distance?
Published route length
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What grid route length is published, and for which circuit?

IT load

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the published IT load in MW?
Basis
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

On what electrical basis is the IT load in MW stated?
Site / phase boundary
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which phase or campus does the IT load in MW cover?

Facility load

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the published facility load in MW?
Basis
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

On what electrical basis is the facility load in MW stated?
Site / phase boundary
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which phase or campus does the facility load in MW cover?

Import capacity

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the published import capacity in MVA?
Basis
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

On what electrical basis is the import capacity in MVA stated?
Site / phase boundary
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which phase or campus does the import capacity in MVA cover?

These are different electrical quantities. No power factor, PUE or available import is assumed from an IT-load statement.

Connection agreement and conditions
Agreement type
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What connection agreement type and current status are documented?
Phased capacity
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Does the agreement impose phased import-capacity limits?
Flexibility obligations
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What flexibility or curtailment obligations apply?
On-site generation obligations
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What on-site generation obligations apply?
Securities posted
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What securities are required, posted and still valid?
Longstop dates
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What connection longstop or milestone dates apply?
02

Conflicts and scope comparisons

No conflicting pair is recorded. This does not establish that all public statements have been reconciled.

03

Finland grid context

Network publications frame the claim. They do not allocate capacity to this site.

No country context entries have been linked to this site. Applicable policy, capacity information and reinforcement dependencies need review.

04

Derived energisation window

Earliest plausible yearUnknown
Latest plausible yearUnknown

The observed inputs do not establish a bounded delivery range. Open bounds stay unknown.

Rule

Use only a same-scope, dated, document-verified capacity rung and an applicable duration to energisation published by the observed site operator. The named process operator and a named source publisher must match that operator. Earliest year is the maximum of stage date plus minimum duration and each evidenced readiness constraint. Latest year is the maximum of stage date plus maximum duration and each published upper constraint only when every required input is bounded. An offer-processing duration is excluded. A missing required input leaves the affected bound unknown; no padding or contractual delivery promise is inferred.

No observed inputs establish this result.

Dependencies driving the range

  • Connection-dependent reinforcement scope and completion dates: unknown.
  • Grid-works planning status and programme: unknown.
  • Applicable connection-policy conditions and programme: unknown.

What the earliest case requires

  • Connection-dependent reinforcement scope and completion dates introduces no later constraint than the earliest case; this remains unverified.
  • Grid-works planning status and programme introduces no later constraint than the earliest case; this remains unverified.
  • Applicable connection-policy conditions and programme introduces no later constraint than the earliest case; this remains unverified.

Missing inputs leave the range open

  • A dated, document-verified import-MVA rung for the assessed scope.
  • An applicable duration from the evidenced stage to energisation, published by and matched to the observed site operator, rather than an offer-processing target.
  • Connection-dependent reinforcement scope and completion dates
  • Grid-works planning status and programme
  • Applicable connection-policy conditions and programme
05

Indicative HV and connection capex

Unknown

Rule and scope

Sum each published complete scope quantity multiplied by the matching published benchmark minimum and maximum. Configuration, voltage, route type, unit, country applicability, currency and explicit price base year must match. No assumed route length, transformer count, exchange rate, inflation, fee uplift or partial index is inserted. The result is an indicative benchmark band, not an operator quotation or contractual connection charge.

No observed inputs establish this result.

Published connection works scope
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What complete connection scope is published: bays, stations, voltage, circuits, route lengths and underground or overhead configuration?
Scope completeness
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Is the published connection scope complete enough to match every component to a sourced benchmark?

Scope questions

  • Obtain a published complete connection scope with voltage, configuration and measured quantities.
  • Establish that every necessary connection-work component is included in the published scope.
  • Identify network and customer works, upstream reinforcement, land and wayleaves, taxes, fees, securities, contingency and the price base.
06

Alternatives and policy exposure

Behind-the-meter generation

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What behind-the-meter generation is evidenced, and at what scope?
Planning / policy requirement
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Does the applicable planning or connection policy require behind-the-meter generation?

Battery storage

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What battery storage is evidenced, and at what scope?
Planning / policy requirement
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Does the applicable planning or connection policy require battery storage?

Private wire

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What a private wire is evidenced, and at what scope?
Planning / policy requirement
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Does the applicable planning or connection policy require a private wire?

Gas

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What gas supply or generation is evidenced, and at what scope?
Planning / policy requirement
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Does the applicable planning or connection policy require gas supply or generation?

Connection claim against current policy

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Does the published connection claim meet the policy applicable to its application date, location and agreement status?
07

Open questions for a Reality Check

Generated from unknown fields, missing derivation inputs and unresolved evidence. The questions identify the documents or specialist checks needed next.

60 questions to resolve
  1. Which TSO or DSO is responsible for this demand connection?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  2. What is the operator-confirmed connection substation or circuit?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  3. What voltage level is specified for the demand connection?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  4. What are the evidenced site and connection-point coordinates, and their calculated straight-line distance?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  5. What grid route length is published, and for which circuit?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  6. What applied mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  7. What is the effective date of the applied connection evidence?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  8. Which buildings or phases does the applied connection evidence cover?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  9. What evidence level can be supported for capacityLadder.applied?

    Verification has not been established.

  10. What offered mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  11. What is the effective date of the offered connection evidence?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  12. Which buildings or phases does the offered connection evidence cover?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  13. What evidence level can be supported for capacityLadder.offered?

    Verification has not been established.

  14. What accepted or contracted mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  15. What is the effective date of the accepted connection evidence?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  16. Which buildings or phases does the accepted connection evidence cover?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  17. What evidence level can be supported for capacityLadder.accepted?

    Verification has not been established.

  18. What energised mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  19. What is the effective date of the energised connection evidence?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  20. Which buildings or phases does the energised connection evidence cover?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  21. What evidence level can be supported for capacityLadder.energised?

    Verification has not been established.

  22. What connection agreement type and current status are documented?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  23. Does the agreement impose phased import-capacity limits?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  24. What flexibility or curtailment obligations apply?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  25. What on-site generation obligations apply?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  26. What securities are required, posted and still valid?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  27. What connection longstop or milestone dates apply?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  28. What is the published IT load in MW?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  29. On what electrical basis is the IT load in MW stated?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  30. Which phase or campus does the IT load in MW cover?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  31. What is the published facility load in MW?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  32. On what electrical basis is the facility load in MW stated?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  33. Which phase or campus does the facility load in MW cover?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  34. What is the published import capacity in MVA?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  35. On what electrical basis is the import capacity in MVA stated?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  36. Which phase or campus does the import capacity in MVA cover?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  37. What operator-published connection-to-energisation duration applies to this site and connection stage?

    An application-to-offer processing target is not an energisation duration.

  38. Which reinforcements does the connection depend on, and what dates are published?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  39. Which grid works require planning, and what is their current consent status and dated programme?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  40. Which connection-policy conditions apply, and when could they be satisfied?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  41. What complete connection scope is published: bays, stations, voltage, circuits, route lengths and underground or overhead configuration?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  42. Is the published connection scope complete enough to match every component to a sourced benchmark?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  43. What behind-the-meter generation is evidenced, and at what scope?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  44. Does the applicable planning or connection policy require behind-the-meter generation?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  45. What battery storage is evidenced, and at what scope?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  46. Does the applicable planning or connection policy require battery storage?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  47. What a private wire is evidenced, and at what scope?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  48. Does the applicable planning or connection policy require a private wire?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  49. What gas supply or generation is evidenced, and at what scope?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  50. Does the applicable planning or connection policy require gas supply or generation?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  51. Does the published connection claim meet the policy applicable to its application date, location and agreement status?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  52. Which checked country-grid sources and location-specific constraints apply to this connection?

    No country-context relationship has been established for this record.

  53. Identify network and customer works, upstream reinforcement, land and wayleaves, taxes, fees, securities, contingency and the price base.

    Connection-cost scope question.

  54. Resolve the energisation input: A dated, document-verified import-MVA rung for the assessed scope.

    This missing input leaves an energisation bound unknown.

  55. Resolve the energisation input: An applicable duration from the evidenced stage to energisation, published by and matched to the observed site operator, rather than an offer-processing target.

    This missing input leaves an energisation bound unknown.

  56. Resolve the energisation input: Connection-dependent reinforcement scope and completion dates

    This missing input leaves an energisation bound unknown.

  57. Resolve the energisation input: Grid-works planning status and programme

    This missing input leaves an energisation bound unknown.

  58. Resolve the energisation input: Applicable connection-policy conditions and programme

    This missing input leaves an energisation bound unknown.

  59. Obtain a published complete connection scope with voltage, configuration and measured quantities.

    This scope or reference gap prevents a complete indicative connection capex band.

  60. Establish that every necessary connection-work component is included in the published scope.

    This scope or reference gap prevents a complete indicative connection capex band.

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Earlier capacity notes and source context
45 MW importPower-access agreement

Power access agreed with Caruna Espoo Oy; separate from 40 MW campus headline, not unallocated headroom.

Published claimCapacity source
45 MW importOperator-reported power-access agreement

Operator reports 45 MW access agreed with Caruna. Caruna says use of the expanded connection depends on additional transmission-grid capacity; current energised import and spare capacity are not established.

Published claimCapacity source
45 MW facilitySkanska planned whole-facility gross capacity

Whole-facility gross capacity after expansion, as described by Skanska on 4 May 2026. Separate scope from agreed access; do not add these figures or infer IT MW.

Published claimCapacity source
Import rights and connection evidence

Caruna confirms an expanded connection agreement and Sinimäki substation reinforcement. It expressly makes connection use dependent on additional national-grid capacity; 45 MW must not be represented as currently energised import. The operator separately describes an agreement with Caruna Espoo for access to 45 MW; this is not evidence of spare capacity.

IT load, facility demand, import capacity and equipment ratings retain their stated scope. A published figure does not establish spare or transferable supply.

Planning & utilities

7 of 10 categories contain evidence. Each status applies to its specific claim.

Planning & decisions

Partial evidence

Espoo granted extension permit 49-2025-689 on 20 November 2025 (§157; case 4244/10.03.00/2025), including early foundations/first-floor works against a EUR 234,500 security. Appeal finality is not established.

Sources & next check
Evidence reviewed 28 Sept 2026

Next check

Retrieve finality and commencement records; reconcile earlier permits 049-2023-1395/1396 and amendment drawings.

Land-use zoning

Partial evidence

The permit identifies parcel 49-26-66-6, Sinimäentie 6a, as TKT-1 industrial/office/warehouse land. Deviation 2023-1348 dated 16 February 2024 addresses parking, height and planting.

Sources & next check
Evidence reviewed 28 Sept 2026

Next check

Check current plan map and the approved deviation conditions against the extension boundary.

Grid & import rights

Partial evidence

Caruna confirms an expanded connection agreement and Sinimäki substation reinforcement. It expressly makes connection use dependent on additional national-grid capacity; 45 MW must not be represented as currently energised import. The operator separately describes an agreement with Caruna Espoo for access to 45 MW; this is not evidence of spare capacity.

Sources & next check
Evidence reviewed 27 Sept 2026

Next check

Check transmission-capacity release and commissioning; reconcile operator 40 MW headline with utility/contractor 45 MW scopes.

Land, footprint & access

Partial evidence

The municipal permit records a 20,048 m² parcel and 11,250 m² five-storey extension. Skanska separately reports 11,200 m²; retain the different reported areas.

Sources & next check
Evidence reviewed 28 Sept 2026

Next check

Reconcile permit and contractor area definitions, easement agreements and approved drawings.

Flood, ground & environment

Partial evidence

Permit conditions retain acoustic verification before use and controls for excavated hydrocarbons and construction water. ELY considered the investigated soil not contaminated and requiring no remediation; that finding is limited to the investigated area.

Sources & next check
Evidence reviewed 28 Sept 2026

Next check

Check acoustic measurements, soil-movement reporting and final inspection compliance.

Water, cooling & heat

Documented

Dated operator release confirms Kesko heat reuse went live in November 2025, supplying the neighbouring retail store.

Sources & next check
Evidence reviewed 27 Sept 2026

Next check

Verify measured heat volumes and expansion-phase heat interfaces; do not use the planned arrangement as the commissioning date.

Programme & delivery

Documented

Skanska confirms April 2026 commencement and a Q3 2027 completion target for the expansion. Its EUR 100 million award covers fit-out after a separate core-and-shell agreement.

Sources & next check
Evidence reviewed 27 Sept 2026

Next check

Monitor expansion handover and phase energisation; existing operation does not prove the extension is complete.

Not assessed

Fibre & dark fibreOwnership & development controlDemand & location fit
Evidence still needed
  • Fibre & dark fibre

    No verified site entry, dark-fibre offer or physically diverse route assessment is recorded. Regional coverage alone is insufficient.

  • Ownership & development control

    Legal title, land-owning entity, development-control route and restrictions need verification. A named developer does not establish availability.

  • Demand & location fit

    Customer geography, latency, cloud or exchange nodes and a supported use case need project-specific evidence; national growth alone is insufficient.

Project team

Appointments are limited to the project, phase and scope supported by each source.

Main contractor

FIN02 five-storey expansion: shell/core agreement plus separate EUR 100 million fit-out award announced 4 May 2026; not attributed to every earlier campus phase.

Appointment source

Specialists & vendors

Unlisted roles have no project-specific appointment recorded.

Sources

Publication dates are shown where known. Review dates do not establish approval or commissioning.

  1. atNorth FIN02 — current Espoo campus pageatnorth.com · Publication date unstated
  2. atNorth announces heat reuse partnership with Keskoatnorth.com · Publication date unstated
  3. atNorth Sustainability Report 2025 — published June 2026, page 6atnorth.com · Publication date unstated
  4. Skanska: FIN02 expansion award, construction scope and programmeskanska.com · 4 May 2026
  5. Caruna: Sinimäki connection expansion and transmission-grid dependencycaruna.fi · 14 Apr 2025
  6. atNorth: FIN02 heat delivery to Kesko operational since November 2025atnorth.com · 25 Mar 2026
  7. Espoo: building permit 49-2025-689, Sinimäentie 6a, decision §157espoo.oncloudos.com · 20 Nov 2025

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