en.Wedoany.com Reported - On April 27, Shanghai Electric Group Co., Ltd. announced via its official WeChat public account that its subsidiary, Shanghai Electric Power Transmission and Distribution Engineering & Complete Equipment Co., Ltd., had successfully won the bid for the high and low voltage cabinet equipment supply project for DayOne, a global data center operator, in its hyperscale data center located in Lahti, Finland. DayOne is a leading global data center operator headquartered in Japan, backed by renowned international investment institutions, with operations spanning key markets in Asia-Pacific and Europe. In recent years, it has been accelerating the deployment of hyperscale AI data centers in Europe to meet the explosive demand for computing power infrastructure from global cloud computing and AI enterprises.

The total potential capacity of this project is 128 MW, with the first server cluster capacity being 50 MW, which is expected to become operational in 2027. According to the project plan, Shanghai Electric will supply complete sets of equipment, including high-voltage switchgear, low-voltage switchgear, and an integrated intelligent power distribution management system. The technical standards for the equipment must comply with the EU EN 61439 series standards for low-voltage switchgear and the IEC 62271 series standards for high-voltage switchgear, and must pass CE certification as well as Finland's local SFS-EN standard audits. Shanghai Electric Power Transmission and Distribution Engineering & Complete Equipment Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Shanghai Electric Group specializing in transmission and distribution engineering contracting and complete equipment supply. It possesses design and delivery capabilities covering the full voltage range from 220kV to 400V in the field of large data center power infrastructure. Previously, it has supplied complete power equipment for various large power stations and industrial users in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. The specific value of the order was not disclosed.

This successful bid marks the first time that Shanghai Electric's large-scale, high-voltage power equipment has entered the high-end European data center market. Shanghai Electric referred to this project as a "historic breakthrough in developed Nordic countries" in its official WeChat post. Previously, Shanghai Electric's transmission and distribution complete equipment business was mainly concentrated in regions such as Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. The European market has long been dominated by the three major power equipment giants – Schneider Electric, Siemens, and ABB – which collectively hold over 60% of the European medium and low-voltage power distribution market. The penetration rate of Chinese companies in this field is less than 5%. As Shanghai Electric's first benchmark project in the European data center sector, the Lahti project in Finland establishes crucial project track records and technical trust, paving the way for its subsequent entry into core European data center markets such as Germany, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.

Overseas business has become a core growth engine for the Shanghai Electric Group. According to Shanghai Electric's 2025 annual report, the Group's total operating revenue in 2025 was RMB 186.004 billion, a year-on-year increase of 6.8%. Notably, overseas revenue reached RMB 46.862 billion, a year-on-year increase of 21.7%, a growth rate significantly higher than that of the domestic market, with the proportion of overseas revenue continuing to rise. In terms of new orders signed in 2025, domestic new orders totaled RMB 119 billion, while overseas new orders amounted to RMB 44.71 billion. In its 2025 annual report, Shanghai Electric explicitly stated its intention to continue deepening its business layout along the "Belt and Road" markets, expanding exports of high value-added equipment and engineering services. The winning of this bid for the Lahti project in Finland represents a phased achievement in Shanghai Electric's transition from a "cost advantage" approach to a "technical standard matching" strategy in the high-end power equipment field.

Lahti, located approximately 100 kilometers north of Helsinki in Finland, is a key node in the Nordic data center corridor. Leveraging its abundant renewable energy resources, stable cold climate, and mature power infrastructure, the region has attracted several global leading tech companies to deploy hyperscale data centers in recent years. As one of the major AI computing centers currently under construction in the Nordic region, the DayOne Finland project imposes extremely high demands on the reliability, redundancy architecture, and response speed of the power distribution system. The delivery cycle must meet international first-tier standards, fault switching time must be controlled within milliseconds, and full lifecycle operation and maintenance capabilities are key criteria for supplier selection. Shanghai Electric's success in winning the bid among multiple international power equipment suppliers validates that its complete power equipment is now competitive with internationally renowned brands in terms of technical parameters, delivery capabilities, and certification compliance, possessing the systemic capability for sustained expansion in the high-end European power equipment market.

The global market for data center power infrastructure is currently experiencing structural growth. Hyperscale data centers place continuously increasing demands on the reliability, delivery speed, and green energy efficiency of power distribution equipment. The International Energy Agency points out that in 2025, global data center electricity consumption accounts for approximately 1.5% to 2% of total global electricity consumption, and this proportion is rising rapidly driven by the surge in AI computing power demand. The European Union has classified data centers as key energy infrastructure and mandates that newly built large data centers must use high-efficiency power distribution equipment. Against the backdrop of the restructuring of the global data center supply chain, Shanghai Electric's successful bid for this project in Finland represents a substantive step forward for a Chinese power equipment company, shifting its focus from primarily domestic and emerging markets to systematically expanding into the high-end European market. As the global AI race intensifies, data center power infrastructure has become a strategic resource second only to chips, and the role of Chinese power equipment companies is transforming from being marginal suppliers to core participants.

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