Computer giant Google has opened a new data centre in the south-eastern Finnish town of Hamina. Minister of Economic Affairs Jyri Häkämies inaugurated the centre, located in a former paper mill, on Saturday afternoon.
Some 90 people are employed at the centre.
Google says it has converted the former Summa paper mill into an environmentally-friendly building. The centre uses sea water as a cooling agent and wind-generated electricity. Thousands of servers used for e-mail and map services are located in the building.
Google acquired the site from Stora Enso at a price of 40 million euros. The plant was closed in early 2008 with a loss of about 450 jobs.
Last month the country saw average temperatures of around 16 degrees along the southern coast to just below eight degrees in northwestern Lapland.
Yle journalists placed geolocation trackers on luxury cars near the Russian border, pinpointing the vehicles as they made a 5,000 km journey to a Siberian car dealership.
Various government agencies are testing their readiness in the face of a sudden wave of migrants.