The city of Stockholm has designated a large parcel of land for data center development, offering the required power, connectivity and some interesting cooling options. The Stockholm Data Parks initiative was launched in cooperation with infrastructure companies Fortum Värme, Ellevio and Stokab. The first site, located in the suburb of Kista, will enable data center operators to sell their waste heat to the grid and buy cooling as a service. In the next three years, the scheme will be expanded to another three locations – Brista, Skarpnäck and Väsby. “With the significant synergies between recovered data center heat and the city’s environmental objective to become fossil fuel-free by 2040, I am determined to make Stockholm a major hub for sustainable data centers,” said Karin Wanngård, Mayor of Stockholm. The announcement follows the news that Sweden has cut tax on electricity used in data centers by 97 percent.