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A company's IT manager asks whether the data centre is certified, whether the price is visible before a request for quotation, what is promised about availability, whether they can visit their equipment, and whether waste heat is utilised. These decide 50 points out of 100.
Score shows how the company does on our comparison criteria, on a 0–100 scale. Rankings cannot be bought.
Basic metrics · 67.1
+ The data centre's location is stated precisely: Valimotie 3-5, 00380 Helsinki, and the facility is rated TIER III for reliability
Basic metrics: 67.1, rank 2 · ▲ 1 place
Basic metrics · 74.9
+ The location and nature of the data centre are described precisely: in Jyväskylä, in the depths of the Defence Forces' former cavern complex, Varikkotie 160, Vaajakoski, with the structure designed to TIA-942 Tier-3 level
Basic metrics: 74.9, rank 1 · ▼ 1 place
– Availability promise: An availability percentage is not stated on the data centre services page. The page says only that Tier-3 has been taken into account in the design.
Basic metrics · 57.5
+ Data centre location stated: Digita's data centres are located in the heart of the Pasila media centre, plus regional data centres
Basic metrics: 57.5, rank 3 · no change
– Availability promise: The availability percentage is not stated on the data centers front page or the data centre features page.
Basic metrics · 49.8
+ Data centre locations named: Tapiola Data Center and Säterinportti Data Center in Espoo and Raisio Data Center
Basic metrics: 49.8, rank 4 · no change
– Data centre ISO 27001: An ISO 27001 certificate is not mentioned on the data centre services page or the Tapiola Center page.
Basic metrics · 42.1
+ Data centre location disclosed: Innopoli equipment room in Espoo, at a hub of verified telecommunications connections
Basic metrics: 42.1, rank 5 · no change
– Data centre ISO 27001: An ISO 27001 certificate is not mentioned on the data centre and equipment room page.
Basic metrics · 39.2
+ Data centre solutions clearly described as three packages: capacity, monitoring and maintenance, backup and cyber vault, and Microsoft Azure
Basic metrics: 39.2, rank 6 · no change
– Availability promise: The availability percentage is not stated on the data centre solutions page.
Weights are fixed. All companies are measured on the same scale. Read the full methodology.
| Buying motive | What is measured | Scale | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data centre ISO 27001 QUESTIONIs the data centre itself security certified? | Whether the company states that the data centre falls within the scope of the ISO 27001 certificate. | Data centre certified = 100, standard followed but certificate not mentioned = 50, certificate does not cover the data centre = 0. | 18 p |
| Price is shown before the quote QUESTIONCan I see price information before I request a quote? | Whether the company publishes euro-denominated fees or the basis of pricing on its site. | Price list published = 100, price basis or extra charges published = 50, quote request only = 0. | 12 p |
| Usability promise QUESTIONHow much availability does the data centre promise? | Availability stated on the page as a percentage per year. | 100% = 100 points, 99% or less = 0, directly proportional in between. | 8 p |
| Access to own devices QUESTIONCan I visit the data centre if needed? | Terms of visits: round-the-clock access or advance booking. | 24/7 access and free visits = 100, advance booking and a limited number of free visits = 40. | 6 p |
| Waste heat put to use QUESTIONIs the data centre's heat utilised? | Does the company state that the data centre's waste heat goes to heating. | Waste heat is utilised = 100, not stated = 0. | 6 p |
| Basic metrics | Digital quality, transparency, reachability and AI quality score | Basic metrics × 0.5 | 50 p |
We scored 6 data centre and colocation services operating in Finland on 20 metrics: data centre location in Finland, availability promise and fault tolerance level, energy efficiency, certifications, pricing openness, physical security, reachability, technical quality of the site and quality of information. The key question: does the operator state the data centre location, availability promise and energy efficiency openly, or does it hide everything behind a request-a-quote form?
In a server room, or colocation, service a company places its own servers in the equipment room of a data centre, which has backed-up power, cooling, network connections and physical security. The comparison helps to see which providers openly state the data centre's location, availability guarantee and energy efficiency.
Location of the data centres in Finland (town or address) stated (18), availability promise (SLA or uptime %) or fault tolerance level (Tier/TIA-942) stated (20), energy efficiency stated: PUE figure, renewable energy or use of waste heat (15), certifications (ISO/IEC 27001, ISO 14001, Katakri etc.) displayed by name (15), pricing, starting price or pricing model stated without a quote request (10), physical security and access control described (CCTV, access management) (10), business ID (Y-tunnus) or responsible company clearly displayed (12)
Transparency is 30% of the basic metrics, i.e. 15% of the total points · these metrics make up its 100 points · the full formula and the other pillars
How to read the comparison correctly: Half of the points come from buyer's questions, i.e. things the buyer finds out before deciding. The other half measures how openly the company publishes its prices, terms and contact details. Clear differences in points indicate a genuine difference: one tells you the price immediately, another only after logging in. Close scores should not be read as a ranking order, because every measurement has a margin of variation. The measurement accuracy and the full calculation formula are open in the methodology.
Customer experience is brought into the assessment separately. We also collect customer feedback and customer experiences about companies through separate surveys. The survey results will be added to the overall assessment later.
Data centre service is almost always priced case by case. The price depends on the required equipment space, electrical power, data connections and service level, so few providers publish a fixed price. We nevertheless emphasise price transparency: even stating a starting price or pricing model makes comparison easier, when many direct you straight to a request-a-quote form.
Location in Finland, availability promise and energy efficiency are decisive. For a colocation customer, the data centre's location (data location in Finland), the promised availability or fault tolerance level (Tier) and energy efficiency (PUE, renewable energy, waste heat utilisation) are the core of the decision. We highlight providers that state these, as well as their certifications and physical security, openly.
Ranking cannot be bought. The ranking is based on publicly verifiable information from the providers' own sites. We do not measure all data centres operating in Finland, only server hall and colocation services openly marketed to consumers and businesses.
Every company is measured with the same public formula: half of the points come from buyer's questions and half from basic metrics, which have four pillars: technical quality, transparency, reachability and AI quality score. Ranking cannot be bought, and you can see the origin of each point on the company's profile. Read the full methodology →
With a data centre, or colocation, service you rent equipment space and place your own servers there. With a cloud service you use the provider's ready-made computing and storage capacity without your own hardware.
Data located in Finland remains under Finnish and EU legislation, latencies for domestic users are low and the data is physically in the country. For many companies and public administration this is a requirement.
The Tier classification (I-IV) describes a data centre's fault tolerance: the higher the tier, the better the power supply and cooling are duplicated and the lower the designed risk of outages.
Rarely as a fixed price, because the price depends on the size of the equipment space, the electrical power and the connections. Some providers offer a calculator or pricing model, but most often the price is given in a quotation.
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