Kolo SE3 Piteå
Nature provides the cooling, N+1 systems ensure reliability. At Kolo SE3 Piteå, Arctic temperatures deliver free cooling up to 65% of the year, while 100% hydropower supplies zero-carbon energy.
Your high-density infrastructure gets Tier 3 equivalent availability and a minimal environmental footprint. Positioned in a remote rural setting over 850 km north of Stockholm, SE3 Piteå serves as an optimal disaster-recovery site, far from urban risks yet fully connected.
Location
Situated directly on the E4—Sweden’s primary north–south artery linking the Arctic to the south—our Piteå site offers dependable logistics and transport. You’re just 7 minutes from Piteå city center and a 40-minute drive to Luleå Airport via direct highway access. Nestled in an industrial park, the facility also provides ample visitor parking.
Why SE3?
SE3 serves organizations requiring maximum infrastructure resilience in Europe’s optimal Arctic environment. Whether you’re a government agency needing EMP-hardened facilities or running high-performance computing clusters, our Piteå facility delivers.
Your operations benefit from nature’s own cooling system. Located at 65°N in Swedish Lapland, SE3 harnesses Arctic temperatures that deliver natural cooling up to 65% of the year while connecting you to Northern Sweden’s abundant hydroelectric grid. Here, infrastructure runs on 100% renewable hydropower at some of Europe’s lowest electricity prices, backed by extremely high grid redundancy and capacity.
Piteå’s strategic location puts you next to Arctic Space Technologies’ satellite ground station facilities. This creates unique opportunities for space-based data operations and polar orbit communications.
Kolo Piteå offers custom EMP protection to shield your infrastructure from electromagnetic threats. Choose protection at the rack, cage, or data hall level—designed for defense, government, and critical infrastructure needs. Built for operational continuity and tailored to your risk profile.
Your intensive computational workloads find their perfect home here. SE3 is purpose-built for deployments exceeding standard density requirements and optimized specifically for HPC operations, while Arctic ambient temperatures averaging 3.1°C enable passive energy-saving cooling.
Your infrastructure gains a strategic advantage in Sweden’s emerging Arctic data center corridor. Piteå anchors Northern Sweden’s green industrial shift, where over SEK 1000 billion in investments are planned over the coming 20 years.
For your organization, prioritizing infrastructure resilience—whether for disaster recovery, data sovereignty, or operational independence—SE3 delivers geographic diversification with 16 TWh annual hydropower production capacity and 50% surplus, ensuring long-term energy security for your critical operations.
Built for performance, powered by nature
Performance starts with clean power.
Sweden’s 98% clean electricity and 70% renewable energy sources power your operations within one of the world’s most sustainable grids. At our Stockholm facilities, your servers do double duty—advanced heat recovery systems capture excess heat and channel it into the city’s district heating networks, warming local homes while your business runs efficiently.
Across both Stockholm and Piteå, cold Nordic climate conditions provide natural cooling year-round, slashing energy costs and turning geography into your advantage.
With Sweden legally bound to net zero by 2045, your operations stay ahead of Europe’s evolving energy landscape with fewer compliance concerns and more predictable costs.
Beyond basic support: the Kolo approach
Our technical team becomes an extension of yours, providing the expertise and responsiveness you expect for critical infrastructure.
Dedicated support
Direct access to senior engineers
24/7 Coverage
On-site support during business hours, with 24/7 on-call availability
Flexible contracting
Scale from a single cabinet to private suites with custom terms
Implementation expertise
On-site migration and setup support
”Working with Kolo has had a major impact on our resilience, stability and security. If you don’t hear about IT, it’s running smoothly – and that’s exactly what we have with Kolo.”
Michael Ebenhardt Kristensen, IT manager, Europcar Denmark
SE3 technical specifications
Where extreme conditions demand extreme reliability, SE3 Piteå delivers high-density infrastructure with complete N+1 redundancy, advanced security protocols with EMP protection available for the most sensitive deployments.
- Renewable supply: 100% certified Swedish renewable energy backed by Guarantees of Origin
- Redundancy: Power distribution with independent A+B power paths to each cabinet
- Backup systems: N+1 across all power backup systems—Tier 3 equivalent
- Design: Hot/cold aisle containment with N+1 redundant cooling units supporting high-density deployments of 30+ kW per cabinet
- Efficiency: Free cooling operates approximately 65% annually, utilizing Sweden’s climate
- Environmental: Closed-loop cooling systems using low-GWP refrigerants
- Racks up to 50 kW with efficient cooling
- Ideal for AI, HPC, and hybrid deployments
- Physical security: 24/7 access control with multi-factor authentication. Double interlocked door systems at all entry points with SSF Protection Class 3
- Security customization: Adaptable security controls with client-specified enhancements available upon request, including EMP protection
- Fire protection: VESDA early warning system with zoned Novec gas suppression
- Sweden’s low-cost, green electricity makes operations both clean and cost-effective
- Technical assistance: 24/7 Remote Hands service
- Workspace options: Secure staging areas, unpacking zones, and dedicated customer work areas
- Facility amenities: Parking, restrooms, and meeting rooms
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