26-10 어플라이드 디지털 핀란드 AI 팩토리 전력 용량 확보
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회사는 미국 개발 파이프라인을 우선하면서도 핀란드의 전력 부지를 장기 성장 여지를 위한 선별적 첫 해외 거점으로 규정했다.
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Applied Digital has begun marketing the site and is currently engaged in discussions with leading global hyperscale customers. While Applied Digital's near-term development strategy and execution priorities remain firmly centered on its growing U.S. portfolio, Finland represents a measured first step toward selectively extending the Company's platform into attractive international markets over time. The agreement was structured to provide meaningful long-term growth potential while limiting the Company's initial exposure and maintaining disciplined capital deployment. "Applied Digital has built its platform around identifying the right power in the right markets and turning that power into operational AI capacity," said Wes Cummins, Chairman and CEO of Applied Digital. "Finland stood out because many of the characteristics that have supported our success in North Dakota are also present in the Nordics — a favorable climate, an attractive energy ecosystem, strong connectivity and the ability to develop at meaningful scale."
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Cummins continued, "This is a deliberate first step, not a change in our strategy. Our focus remains firmly on executing the projects in front of us in the United States. At the same time, as we continue building Applied Digital into a category leader in AI infrastructure, we believe it is important to selectively secure compelling sites that can extend our growth runway over the long term." Finland has emerged as an increasingly attractive market for hyperscale and AI development, supported by its cooler climate, established energy and digital networks, and growing investment from global technology leaders. Applied Digital believes these characteristics align closely with the development principles that underpin its U.S. portfolio: securing scalable power and land in markets where AI capacity can be developed efficiently, responsibly and repeatedly. Story Continues The Finland campus represents the first potential application of Applied Digital's AI Factory campus development model outside the U.S.
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어플라이드 디지털은 핀란드에서 최대 1GW의 잠재 전력 용량에 접근하는 계약을 맺었고, 이는 미국 밖 첫 개발 기회다. 초기 전력 공급은 2028년부터 가능할 것으로 예상하며 부지를 글로벌 하이퍼스케일 고객에게 마케팅하고 있다.
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Applied Digital Corporation Tue, October 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM GMT+9 APLD -2.68% Applied Digital Corporation Agreement establishes a strategic foothold in an emerging European AI market while Applied Digital remains focused on executing its U.S. development pipeline DALLAS, Oct. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Digital (NASDAQ: APLD), a U.S. based designer, developer, owner and operator of large-scale, purpose-built data centers to support high-performance computing ("HPC") workloads, including artificial intelligence ("AI"), machine learning, and other accelerated-compute applications, today announced it has entered into an agreement providing access to up to 1 gigawatt (GW) of potential power capacity in Finland, representing the Company's first development opportunity outside of the United States. With this agreement, the Company plans to build a large-scale AI Factory campus capable of scaling to as much as 1 GW. Initial power availability is anticipated beginning in 2028.
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Applied Digital has begun marketing the site and is currently engaged in discussions with leading global hyperscale customers. While Applied Digital's near-term development strategy and execution priorities remain firmly centered on its growing U.S. portfolio, Finland represents a measured first step toward selectively extending the Company's platform into attractive international markets over time. The agreement was structured to provide meaningful long-term growth potential while limiting the Company's initial exposure and maintaining disciplined capital deployment. "Applied Digital has built its platform around identifying the right power in the right markets and turning that power into operational AI capacity," said Wes Cummins, Chairman and CEO of Applied Digital. "Finland stood out because many of the characteristics that have supported our success in North Dakota are also present in the Nordics — a favorable climate, an attractive energy ecosystem, strong connectivity and the ability to develop at meaningful scale."
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회사는 북유럽의 기후·에너지 생태계·연결성·대규모 개발 가능성이 노스다코타에서의 성공 요인과 닮았다고 설명했다. 다만 향후 투자와 개발 결정은 고객 수요, 상업적 마일스톤, 규제·개발 요건 충족에 연동된다고 밝혔다.
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Cummins continued, "This is a deliberate first step, not a change in our strategy. Our focus remains firmly on executing the projects in front of us in the United States. At the same time, as we continue building Applied Digital into a category leader in AI infrastructure, we believe it is important to selectively secure compelling sites that can extend our growth runway over the long term." Finland has emerged as an increasingly attractive market for hyperscale and AI development, supported by its cooler climate, established energy and digital networks, and growing investment from global technology leaders. Applied Digital believes these characteristics align closely with the development principles that underpin its U.S. portfolio: securing scalable power and land in markets where AI capacity can be developed efficiently, responsibly and repeatedly. Story Continues The Finland campus represents the first potential application of Applied Digital's AI Factory campus development model outside the U.S.
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The Company intends to advance the project in a disciplined manner, with future investment and development decisions tied to customer demand, commercial milestones and the achievement of necessary regulatory and development requirements. "Our ability to scale is not about planting flags in as many markets as possible," Cummins said. "It is about identifying exceptional sites and applying the same disciplined model repeatedly. We have demonstrated that model across our U.S. portfolio. Finland gives us the opportunity to begin proving that platform can travel." About Applied Digital Applied Digital (Nasdaq: APLD) — named Best Data Center in the Americas 2025 by Datacloud — designs, builds, and operates high-performance, sustainably engineered data centers and colocation services for artificial intelligence, cloud, networking, and blockchain workloads. Headquartered in Dallas, TX, and founded in 2021, the company com