Finnish cloud provider UpCloud announced the next step in its Nordic expansion with the launch of a data center location in Stavanger, Norway. With availability zones in Sweden, Finland, Denmark and now Norway, UpCloud says it is the only cloud-native infrastructure provider offering pan-Nordic coverage.
UpCloud will use Green Mountain's SVG1-Rennesøy facility just outside Stavanger. The former high-security NATO ammunition storage facility is located deep inside a granite mountain. It is Tier III certified by Uptime Institute.
The facility utilizes a unique deep-water fjord cooling solution that draws water from 100 meters deep at a constant 8°C, allowing for extreme energy efficiency with a PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) as low as 1.2, far below the industry average of 1.6.
UpCloud was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. It now has fifteen data center locations worldwide, including ten in Europe. Just in december 2025 it announced its data center location in Ballerup, near Copenhagen in Denmark, operted by Digital Realty. The company says it has more than 10,000 customers at present.
