Datacentres are deeply unpopular. Has Sweden made one we can all love?

Source: guardianTech November 12, 2026 · 03:00
Datacentres are deeply unpopular. Has Sweden made one we can all love?
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It is built of wood, resembles an Ikea and its power is totally renewable. Plus, it was built with the local community in mind. Is this facility in Falun the best datacentre in the world?‘It was pretty cool, when they were building it. It looked like a very large Ikea,” says John Wernvik, of EcoDataCenter. He is giving me a tour of their facility in Falun, Sweden, which could lay claim to being the world’s greenest datacentre – although to many, that is a contradiction in terms.One difference is immediately visible: this datacentre is made out of wood. Huge panels of cross-laminated timber arrived at the site pre-cut, and were assembled by crane according to instructions, like flatpack furniture. Aesthetically, this section of the datacentre is more like an Ikea before the fit-out, a caver…
Capital
Stockholm
Region
Europe & Central Asia
Income level
High income
ISO code
SWE
Data: World Bank

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