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Today, many new data centers that are built are relatively large, with a power of several tens or often even a couple of hundred megawatts. Large data centers also produce a lot of excess heat that could and should be utilised as much as possible.

When the UPM paper mill was closed down in Kajaani in December 2008, it was both the end of one era and the beginning of a new one. Now, one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world is located on the site where the paper mill used to be. The feared catastrophe caused by the closure of the mill never happened. The paper rolls the former mill shipped around the world have changed to global data exports, and Kajaani is on its way to becoming the cradle of European artificial intelligence.

The Kajaani city region – Kajaani and Sotkamo – is included among the sixteen Finnish InnoCities.