Data centres

We build and maintain the power, cooling and data communications infrastructure critical for data centres

 

We build the power, data communications, and cooling infrastructure that data centres rely on. From planning and construction to maintenance, we support our customers with decades of experience in delivering critical infrastructure projects in Finland, the Baltics and the Nordics. 

Our Power and Connectivity Units, which serve data centre clients, have a Net Promoter Score of +70.

Net Promoter Score

Our Power and Connectivity Units, which serve data centre clients, have a Net Promoter Score of +70.

  • Substations

    A reliable substation is one of the most critical elements of a data centre’s power infrastructure. Enersense designs, builds and maintains substations that ensure secure, reliable and resilient power supply for data centre operations. 

    We provide turnkey EPC deliveries of 110 kV and 400 kV substations, including both air-insulated (AIS) and gas-insulated (GIS) solutions. Our strong in-house engineering and project delivery teams cover everything from primary and secondary design to civil work, installation, testing, commissioning and documentation. While we typically provide full turnkey substation delivery, the exact project scope is always matched to the customer’s needs. The procurement of long-lead items and interfaces with the GIS system provider are examples of areas where the scope is typically agreed on a case-by-case basis. 

    Drawing on our extensive experience in substation projects, we can also help customers define the optimal project scope and responsibilities. 

    Over the past decade we have carried out approximately 50 substation projects in demanding transmission grid environments across Finland. 

    As a lifecycle services provider, we also offer comprehensive services for operational substations. We provide a full operations package, including inspections, preventive and corrective maintenance, supported by 24/7 remote monitoring and operations delivered through our own control room and operators. These services can be complemented with standby and fault response agreements with response times tailored to the customers’ operational needs.  

    Today, we maintain substations across a wide range of environments, including transmission grids, distribution networks, wind farms, solar parks and battery energy storage systems (BESS). Our nationwide service network supports customers throughout Finland, ensuring high availability and rapid response times. 

    We can also deliver turnkey BESS solutions, including engineering, substation integration, construction, commissioning and lifecycle maintenance services, helping data centre operators improve flexibility, resilience and power availability. 

  • High-voltage transmission lines

    Reliable grid connection is a prerequisite for every data centre project. Enersense provides end-to-end services for high-voltage transmission line connections, helping data centre developers bring power to their sites safely, efficiently and on schedule. 

    We deliver both 110 kV and 400 kV grid connections as overhead transmission lines or underground cable systems. Our services cover the entire lifecycle of the connection, including route planning, permitting, pre-engineering, detailed engineering, construction, testing, commissioning, maintenance as well as 24/7 fault response and repair services. Our extensive network of offices and partners ensures we can serve our customers’ project, maintenance and fault preparedness needs across Finland. 

    Whether the data centre will be connected directly to high-voltage lines or through a grid operator’s substation, we can tailor the project scope to the customer’s needs, from route planning and individual engineering assignments to full turnkey EPC deliveries. We also provide 24/7 maintenance, standby and fault repair services for high-voltage connections serving data centres. 

    Over the past ten years, we have built or refurbished more than 550 km of high-voltage transmission lines in the Nordics. Today, our customers have entrusted us to maintain thousands of kilometres of critical high-voltage transmission and distribution networks across Finland. We have extensive experience delivering critical high-voltage infrastructure for transmission system operators, distribution network companies, renewable energy projects and industrial customers 

  • Cooling infrastructure and piping

    As the energy intensity of servers continues to increase, cooling becomes ever more important for data centres and their reliable operation. We provide prefabrication and installation services for cooling infrastructure, including process piping, cooling water systems, steel structures, supports, and related mechanical installations. Our experienced project teams deliver high-quality installation solutions safely and efficiently, supporting data centre construction projects from early phases through to mechanical completion. 

     

    Our capabilities range from individual installation packages to the management and coordination of large-scale cooling infrastructure projects. We act as the customer’s implementation partner, ensuring smooth execution and coordination between multiple contractors and interfaces. We can support the project from site preparation and prefabrication through installation, testing and commissioning, helping customers accelerate delivery schedules while ensuring high quality and safety standards. 

    Enersense has extensive experience in demanding industrial and energy infrastructure projects across the Nordics. We have delivered complex piping and mechanical installation projects in Finland, Sweden and Norway, including large-scale energy facilities. 

    In addition to project delivery, we provide lifecycle services for cooling and heat recovery systems, including preventive maintenance, inspections, repair services and operational support. This helps ensure reliable operation, maximise equipment availability and support long-term asset performance. 

  • Data connectivity infrastructure

    Enersense provides end-to-end delivery of fixed network infrastructure, helping data centre operators establish high-capacity and resilient connections between their facilities, telecommunications networks and customers. 

    Our services cover the implementation of backbone fibre connections, site connectivity and terminal equipment installations. Depending on the customers’ needs, we support projects with network planning, project management, construction, installation, testing and commissioning services, as well as complete turnkey deliveries. 

    We have extensive experience in delivering demanding fibre optic and telecommunications network projects for leading network operators and infrastructure owners. Our capabilities include the construction of long-haul fibre routes, access networks, site connectivity and indoor network installations, ensuring reliable connectivity from the network core all the way to the data centre environment. 

    As a turnkey partner, we coordinate the entire delivery chain, including contractors, installations and commissioning activities. This enables our customers to minimize interfaces, accelerate deployment and ensure that connectivity infrastructure is ready when the data centre becomes operational. 

    In addition to project delivery, we provide lifecycle services, including maintenance, upgrades, network modifications and operational support throughout the lifetime of the infrastructure. 

Backed by decades of experience in critical infrastructure, we understand the complex requirements of modern data centres. We support our customers at every stage, from design and construction to operation and maintenance. Our services cover high-voltage power lines and substations, energy storage, fixed and mobile data networks as well as cooling infrastructure, enabling reliable and sustainable data centre operations. 

Our services cover high voltage transmission, substation and fixed data network solutions for data centres 

  • Design & Engineering 
  • Procurement and supply chain management  
  • Project and site management  
  • Construction and commissioning 
  • Asset maintenance, upgrades and modernisation 
  • 24/7 remote monitoring, operations and fault response 

We are delivering a substation for atNorth’s data centre in Kouvola, Finland

We are responsible for the engineering, installation and commissioning of the substation, ensuring safe and efficient delivery. The substation will provide a reliable power supply for the data centre and further strengthen Enersense’s position in the Finnish data centre market.

We are building power and fibre-optic connections for a new data centre in Salaspils, near Riga

The project includes the construction of approximately 3.5 kilometres of medium-voltage network and around 2 kilometres of fibre-optic connections to the site.

We are responsible for the 24/7 operational monitoring of a heat recovery system at a customer’s data centre in the Greater Helsinki area

Heat recovery is an important part of energy-efficient and sustainable data centre operations. We ensure that the system operates efficiently, safely and reliably as part of the facility’s daily operations. 

Are you planning a data centre project in Finland or the Baltics?

Whether you are in the early planning phase, already advancing your project, or looking for a partner to design, build or maintain external power and communications infrastructure for your data centre, we are here to help.  

Get in touch!

Frank Ligthart
Director, Data Centre Business