Valmet will supply its Valmet DNA Automation technology to the data center heat recovery project developed by Fortum. Valmet DNA will control water-to-water heat pumps, air-to-water heat pumps and two electric boilers at two Fortum Power and Heat Oy’s heat pump plants which will be built in Espoo and Kirkkonummi, Finland.
The delivery to Kirkkonummi will be taken over by the customer in September 2025 and the delivery to Espoo in December 2025.
The heat pump plants will recycle emission-free excess heat from two planned large data center areas to Fortum’s existing district heating network. The data centers will eventually provide 40% of the consumed heat in the network area. Fortum’s district heat in Finland will be produced coal-free during 2024 and carbon-neutrally before 2030.