Finland has been one of the focal points of new data center investments, and the interest is expected to remain strong in the upcoming years as the demand for cloud and AI computing increases globally. JLL Finland already has a strong position in the data center transaction segment for the past five years, including over 2 million square meters of completed preliminary agreements, transactions and land leases in the data center segment. Furthermore, JLL Finland has been one of the leading land sale and acquisition specialists in Finland in logistics, industrial and residential segments as well, including over 210,000 sq m of land sales of developable land.

Tero Uusitalo, Head of Capital Markets, Finland: “Finland's position as a data center hub continues to strengthen, and Olli's appointment reflects our commitment to serving this rapidly expanding market with dedicated expertise. With Olli’s proven track record of over 2 million square meters in data center transactions, he is the right person to lead the business and we're well-positioned to support both international operators and domestic clients in this growing digital infrastructure sector.

Olli Peltomäki, Head of Data Centers & Land Transactions, JLL Finland: "I’m grateful for the trust from JLL’s leadership regarding this appointment. JLL has superb capabilities of advising domestic and global data center operators, end-users and developers through our local expertise and our broad and experienced data center team in EMEA. Furthermore, we are focusing to strengthen the land sale segment in other segments as well, including logistics and residential.”