Brookfield AI Data Center Campus Development

Status: Announced / Long-term Development   |   Location: Strängnäs (Stockholm Metro Area), Sweden

Project Overview

The Brookfield AI Data Center Campus in Strängnäs, Sweden, stands as a cornerstone of Europe's commitment to building the essential infrastructure for the artificial intelligence revolution. This multi-decade, long-term project represents one of the largest single AI infrastructure investments in Europe, with Brookfield Asset Management committing up to SEK 95 billion (approximately $10 billion USD) to develop the site. This investment is directly tied to Brookfield's wider $100 billion AI Infrastructure Program, which is focused on deploying capital across the entire AI value chain, from power generation to compute infrastructure.

The campus's scale is immense, with plans to expand its total IT capacity from an existing 300 MW potential to a colossal 750 megawatts (MW) across 350,000 square meters of land. This massive scale is specifically engineered to meet the extreme demands of AI factories, facilities housing densely packed clusters of high-power GPUs necessary for training large language models (LLMs) and performing complex high-performance computing (HPC). The Strängnäs facility will be the first of its kind in Sweden and among the earliest mega-scale AI compute centers in Europe.

A key advantage of the Swedish location is its natural environment and energy grid. The cold Nordic climate is perfectly suited for free-cooling techniques, which will be central to the facility's design, helping achieve an ultra-low PUE target of 1.15 or better. This focus on efficiency is paired with a strong sustainability commitment, with the campus set to run on 100% renewable energy, leveraging Sweden's clean power mix (primarily hydro and nuclear). The combination of low operating costs and high reliability makes the Nordics exceptionally attractive for power-intensive AI workloads.

By working closely with the Swedish government and local authorities, this project aims to create a strategic national asset that will significantly boost Sweden's sovereign computing capabilities. Beyond the data center halls, the investment extends to supporting the entire ecosystem, including power transmission and data transfer, ensuring that both public services and private enterprises in Europe have the robust infrastructure needed to compete on the global AI stage. The development is expected to take 10 to 15 years to complete, creating over 1,000 permanent jobs in the process.

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