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A more than 10 billion euro artificial intelligence investment is being planned in Jämsä, which the French company Sesterce intends to implement on the site of the former Kaipola paper mill, employing around 2000 people during the construction phase and using Finnish contractors. #tekoäly #investointi #Jämsä (translated)

Maria Rautanen wrote that a law was being prepared in Finland that would require the installation of solar panels on existing public buildings larger than 250 m² starting in 2031. She linked the preparation to the EU's Energy Efficiency Directive for Buildings and asked whether the effects of the directive were adequately assessed in Finnish conditions. Rautanen argued that Finland could not be compared to sunny Mediterranean countries that used a lot of fossil fuels. She noted that Finland's electricity consumption emission factor was only 26 g CO₂/kWh in 2025 and pointed out that solar panels produced energy mostly in the summer when the electricity system was already low-emission and energy consumption was lower. She wrote that the solar panel production chain was heavily concentrated in China and that a lot of coal-generated electricity was still used in their manufacturing. According to Rautanen, 78,000 MW of new coal power was commissioned in China in 2025. Rautanen asked who would pay for the new investments while municipalities were balancing their budgets and welfare areas were looking for savings. She demanded a calculation of the costs and financing of the investments, as well as how much the solar panels made in China would reduce Finland's CO₂ emissions over their entire lifespan. She also questioned whether the panels would offset their carbon footprint during production and assessed that the rationality of the directive in Finland could not be determined without a calculation based on Finnish conditions. https://t.co/ba6sqYwZ2l #Aurinkoenergia #Energiatehokkuus #Suomi (translated)

Tuomo Saarni wrote that the smoke saunas at Kuusijärvi were, in his opinion, an example of activities that should not belong to the responsibilities of public administration. He stated that the investment had been 3.3 million euros and that sauna use cost 16 euros per person. Saarni believed that this was a business that should be operated without taxpayer funding and risk. He added that such activities, in his view, took away resources from elsewhere and consumed civil servants' time from statutory duties. #julkishallinto #verot #liiketoiminta (translated)

Jukka Lepikkö reported that interest rates continued to rise strongly and stated that the yield on the U.S. 30-year government bond had exceeded 5.70 percent. According to him, the Nasdaq reached new all-time highs at the same time, which once again disappointed those expecting a decline in the stock market. https://t.co/UThTbPBKI4 #talous #osakemarkkinat #investointi (translated)

Jukka Lepikkö assessed that Wärtsilä's stock price has looked attractive. He noted that the stock had fallen by 30 percent over the past six months and that the valuation had become more moderate. According to him, several candles indicating buy pressure had formed in the weekly charts over the last two months. Lepikkö described the company's fundamentals as strong and the order books as full. He mentioned that Wärtsilä had received a new data center order from the United States on the same day. As a potential catalyst for the stock price, he considered the CMD scheduled in four weeks, where, according to him, profitability targets could be raised and more could be shared about the optimization and expansion of the Vaasa factory. #osakkeet #investointi #talous (translated)

Risto Siilasmaa wrote that Yle referred again the previous day to Google's 13 billion euro investment in Finland. He considered the amount justifiable in itself, but believed the repeated news coverage gave a rather misleading impression of the investment's significance for Finland. Siilasmaa asked if the reporting could be clarified. #investoinnit #Suomi #GooglenInvestoinnit (translated)

This is no longer just a political blunder, but probably the most humiliating national failure in the history of Finland's industry. This analysis reveals black on white how totally and blindly the Finnish state leadership has sold the interests of its own citizens in front of the marketing department of Silicon Valley. Let's break down this "sleight of hand" into three devastating facts that make the government's actions completely inexcusable. First of all, despite all the prime minister-level hype, promises, and the liturgy of the green transition, the outcome is harsh. As a result of Google's massive investments, no new electricity production is being built in Finland—zero megawatts. The company's marketing department worded it so cleverly that the government, desperately thirsty for economic growth, swallowed the bait completely baffled. The leadership was smilingly taken in front of cameras as a guarantor for a project that will not bring a single new watt to the Finnish grid. The second issue is the hijacking of national base power. This is the real, chilling bomb of the news. Since no new electricity will come, where will these massive data centers draw their power? The answer: from our nuclear power. The analysis reveals that as much as 500 megawatts of Finland's nuclear power capacity is dedicated exclusively to Google until 2050. This nuclear power is not just any electricity. It is precisely that stable, weather-independent base power that is vital for Finland's price stability and security of supply. The government is thus surrendering half a gigawatt of infrastructure intended to safeguard Finnish citizens during cold days to a multinational monopoly for the next quarter century. Thirdly, the master has definitively become a servant. When 500 megawatts of stable nuclear power is tied to Google's inflexible use, and no new capacity is brought in, the mathematical equation is devastating for the Finnish consumer. When a calm cold spell strikes in January, our electricity grid will lack that 500-megawatt lifesaver. It is dedicated to AI computation, and the ordinary Finnish citizen will pay for it with horrendous spikes in market electricity prices and increased transmission fees from Fingrid. The Finnish government allowed a multinational company to blind itself with platitudes and let a foreign entity walk straight into the national switchboard. This is not an investment in Finland. This is a hostile resource grab, which the country's own leadership blessed with a smile, sacrificing the energy security and purchasing power of Finns at the altar of the company's marketing trick. In democracy, there is one simple and ruthless rule: if the highest leadership of the state cannot defend the interests of its own people, it must step aside. Looking at this chain of events and the facts revealed by Talouselämä, the demand for Prime Minister Orpo's resignation is no longer just political shouting. It is the only logical conclusion in a situation where the head of government has shown a total lack of judgment in securing national infrastructure and the economy. The prime minister's job is to be the master in his own country. His task is to sit at the negotiating table, look the world's richest companies in the eye, and say: "This is our grid, our nuclear power, and our nature. You will pay for the infrastructure, you will build the new electricity, and you will pay the royalties here. Otherwise, you can take your servers elsewhere." If the prime minister is not capable of this—if he is so desperate that he can be led by a marketing department's word games like a measuring cup—he does not have the backbone that leading Finland requires in this global squeeze. Then there is only one right action: hand the keys back to the people and resign. #Suomi #politiikka #energiapolitiikka (translated)

Hyvää huomenta. Kauppalehdestä sain lukea, että Fingrid nostaa kantaverkkomaksuja 4 %:lla vuoden 2027 alusta. Tänä vuonna se nosti niitä 8 %. Korotukset johtuvat tuulivoimasta ja datakeskuksista. "Korotuksen taustalla on Fingridin mukaan mittava, tulevia asiakastarpeita (= datakeskukset) ennakoiva investointiohjelma sekä laajenevan sähköjärjestelmän kustannusten kasvu. Yhtiön mukaan sen toiminnan kustannukset ovat kasvaneet viime vuosina merkittävästi sähköjärjestelmän kasvun ja tuotantorakenteen muutoksen (= tuulivoima) seurauksena." kertoo Kauppalehti. Kuten olen postaillut, niin kuluttajat maksavat kantaverkkokuluja 80 % tyhjästä siirtomaksuissaan. Ja syynä siihen ovat #tuulivoima ja #datakeskukset. #tuulivoima #datakeskukset #sähkönsiirto

Siis mikä koulutus on sellainen, joka ei olisi investointi yhteiskunnan tulevaisuuteen? "Taideopiskelijan koulutus on investointi yhteiskunnan tulevaisuuteen " Ja muut opiskelijat ottakoot lainaa, mutta taideopiskelijat ei? Anteeksi nyt vaan, mutta olen ihan helkkarin kyllästynyt näiden taideihmisten erityisvaatimuksiin. "On kohtuutonta vaatia taideopiskelijaa ottamaan päävastuuta opiskeluaikansa rahoittamisesta lainalla." #taiteilijat #paremmisto https://t.co/Vc6oWtaeTR #taide #koulutus #yhteiskunta

Tämä on paras uutinen pitkään aikaan! Talouden kasvu alkaa näkyä työllisyyden parantumisena. On kertakaikkiaan upeaa, että ihmiset pääsevät töihin! Tämä vahvistaa monien investointiuutisten jälkeen uskoa siitä, että talouden kasvu näkyy myös suomalaisten arjessa. https://t.co/sIIMGrAmsy #talouskasvu #työllisyys #investoinnit #FI

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2. Vahinko liittolaissuhteelle on todellinen ja korjattavissa vain teoilla. Venäjän ja Kiinan tukikohtien kielto ja investointiseulonta ovat samaa linjaa, jota EU:n pitäisi ajaa koko arktisella alueella, Suomen Lappi mukaan lukien. #EU #Arktinenalue #Investoinnit #FI #RU #CN #EU

Hienoa! 🇫🇮 Euroopan investointipankki rahoittaa ensimmäistä kertaa pienmodulaarista ydinvoimaa ja myöntää suomalaiselle startupille Steady Energylle 40 miljoonan euron rahoituksen. Kehitteillä oleva reaktori tuottaa turvallista ja puhdasta kaukolämpöä. EIP:n rahoituksen #ydinvoima #kestäväenergia #EIP #FI