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Our sixteenth Google Cloud Platform (GCP) region, located in Finland, is now open for you to build applications and store your data.
The new Finland region, europe-north1, joins the Netherlands, Belgium, London, and Frankfurt in Europe and makes it easier to build highly available, performant applications using resources across those geographies.
Hosting applications in the new region can improve latencies by up to 65% for end-users in the Nordics and by up to 88% for end-users in Eastern Europe, compared to hosting them in the previously closest region. You can visit www.gcping.com to see for yourself how fast the Finland region is from your location.
Services
The Nordic region has everything you need to build the next great application, and three zones that allow you to distribute applications and storage across multiple zones to protect against service disruptions.
You can also access our Multi-Regional services in Europe (such as BigQuery) and all the other GCP services via the Google Network, the largest cloud network as measured by number of points of presence. Please visit our Service Specific Terms to get detailed information on our data storage capabilities.
Build sustainably
The new region is located in our existing data center in Hamina. This facility is one of the most advanced and efficient data centers in the Google fleet. Our high-tech cooling system, which uses sea water from the Gulf of Finland, reduces energy use and is the first of its kind anywhere in the world. This means that when you use this region to run your compute workloads, store your data, and develop your applications, you are doing so sustainably.
Hear from our customers
“The road to emission-free and sustainable shipping is a long and challenging one, but thanks to exciting innovation and strong partnerships, Rolls-Royce is well-prepared for the journey. For us being able to train machine learning models to deliver autonomous vessels in the most effective manner is key to success. We see the Google Cloud for Finland launch as a great advantage to speed up our delivery of the project.”
– Karno Tenovuo, Senior Vice President Ship Intelligence, Rolls-Royce
“Being the world's largest producer of renewable diesel refined from waste and residues, as well as being a technologically advanced refiner of high-quality oil products, requires us to take advantage of leading-edge technological possibilities. We have worked together with Google Cloud to accelerate our journey into the digital future. We share the same vision to leave a healthier planet for our children. Running services on an efficient and sustainably operated cloud is important for us. And even better that it is now also available physically in Finland.”
– Tommi Touvila, Chief Information Officer, Neste
“We believe that technology can enhance and improve the lives of billions of people around the world. To do this, we have joined forces with visionary industry leaders such as Google Cloud to provide a platform for our future innovation and growth. We’re seeing tremendous growth in the market for our operations, and it’s essential to select the right platform. The Google Cloud Platform cloud region in Finland stands for innovation.”
– Anssi Rönnemaa, Chief Finance and Commercial Officer, HMD Global
“Digital services are key growth drivers for our renewal of a 108-year old healthcare company. 27% of our revenue is driven by digital channels, where modern technology is essential. We are moving to a container-based architecture running on GCP at Hamina. Google has a unique position to provide services within Finland. We also highly appreciate the security and environmental values of Google’s cloud operations.”
– Kalle Alppi, Chief Information Officer, Mehiläinen
Partners in the Nordics
Our partners in the Nordics are available to help design and support your deployment, migration and maintenance needs.
"Public cloud services like those provided by Google Cloud help businesses of all sizes be more agile in meeting the changing needs of the digital era—from deploying the latest innovations in machine learning to cost savings in their infrastructure. Google Cloud Platform's new Finland region enables this business optimization and acceleration with the help of cloud-native partners like Nordcloud and we believe Nordic companies will appreciate the opportunity to deploy the value to their best benefit.”
– Jan Kritz, Chief Executive Officer, Nordcloud
Nordic partners include: Accenture, Adapty, AppsPeople, Atea, Avalan Solutions, Berge, Cap10, Cloud2, Cloudpoint, Computas, Crayon, DataCenterFinland, DNA, Devoteam, Doberman, Deloitte, Enfo, Evry, Gapps, Greenbird, Human IT Cloud, IIH Nordic, KnowIT, Koivu Solutions, Lamia, Netlight, Nordcloud, Online Partners, Outfox Intelligence AB, Pilvia, Precis Digital, PwC, Quality of Service IT-Support, Qvik, Skye, Softhouse, Solita, Symfoni Next, Soprasteria, Tieto, Unifoss, Vincit, Wizkids, and Webstep.
If you want to learn more or wish to become a partner, visit our partners page.
Getting started
For additional details on the region, please visit our Finland region page where you’ll get access to free resources, whitepapers, the "Cloud On-Air" on-demand video series and more. Our locations page provides updates on the availability of additional services and regions. Contact us to request access to new regions and help us prioritize what we build next.
