Risti Data Center Campus 400MW Lääne-Nigula Estonia

Status: Pre-Development & Site Master Planning Phase (Detailed Plan Application Filed March 2026; Joint Venture Expanded September 2026)   |   Location: Kolge tee, 90904 Risti, Lääne-Nigula, Lääne County, Estonia

Project Overview

The Risti Data Center Campus is a proposed €1.7 billion digital infrastructure development, valued at approximately US$1.85 billion, located along Kolge tee in Risti, Lääne-Nigula Municipality, western Estonia. Developed through a strategic joint venture between Baltic renewable energy developer Sunly and European infrastructure developer Magnora Data Center, the project is planned as a large-scale, purpose-built data center facility. Its reported ambition to become the largest data center development and the single largest electricity consumer in the Baltic region highlights the scale of the proposed investment and the growing relationship between digital infrastructure and energy planning in Northern Europe.

The campus is intended to address rising demand for computing capacity as cloud services, enterprise digitization, and artificial intelligence workloads expand. Large data center developments require substantial electricity to operate servers and supporting systems, making power availability a central consideration in site selection and campus planning. Sunly’s renewable energy background brings an energy-sector dimension to the partnership, while Magnora Data Center contributes infrastructure development expertise. However, specific details about the campus’s planned IT load, power sourcing arrangements, renewable electricity allocation, cooling systems, and construction phases have not been provided in the supplied project information. These factors will be important in determining how the facility is developed and operated.

The Risti project could represent a significant change in Estonia’s digital infrastructure landscape if delivered at the proposed scale. Its location in western Estonia places the development outside the country’s main urban centers, while its large investment ambition points to a project requiring coordinated planning across energy, telecommunications, and physical infrastructure. The campus’s eventual contribution to the Baltic data center market will depend on implementation timelines, electricity infrastructure, regulatory approvals, and the capacity ultimately commissioned. Nevertheless, the proposed €1.7 billion development reflects growing interest in establishing large-scale digital infrastructure in the Baltic region and highlights the importance of aligning data center expansion with long-term energy planning.

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