Antti-Jussi Laine
Data Centre Business Lead, Sweco
Datacenter business leadership at Sweco – Antti‑Jussi Laine
Datacenters are a critical foundation of digital society and are experiencing rapid growth globally. As data volumes, cloud services, and AI workloads increase, the role of modern datacenters becomes ever more strategic. Antti‑Jussi Laine works at the forefront of this development as Data Center Business Lead at Sweco, where he is responsible for the development and growth of Sweco’s datacenter business.
Antti‑Jussi is driven by the rapid evolution of the datacenter industry, continuous technological development, and the opportunity to work in an international datacenter environment. He views datacenters as a key part of a broader societal and industrial transformation—one in which future industries are being built and long‑term foundations for Finland’s economic growth are created through datacenter investments.
Page published on May 22, 2026
Education
- 2001 – Master of Science (Tech.) in Chemical Engineering, Åbo Akademi
- 2004 – Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Pharmacy, Åbo Akademi
- 2013 – Site Manager, Production Economics, Construction, JAKK
Career in the datacenter industry
Antti‑Jussi Laine joined Sweco in 2024 as Data Center Business Lead, with overall responsibility for developing Sweco’s datacenter business offering. His work focuses on strategic datacenter development, market analysis, client needs, and aligning multidisciplinary expertise with complex datacenter projects.
Before Sweco, Antti‑Jussi worked at Fimpec* as a Project Manager (2020–2024), contributing to multiple industrial and datacenter projects, particularly in early‑phase planning and execution.
Earlier, he worked at Granlund as a Senior Consultant (2019–2020), acting as a senior specialist in large‑scale datacenter and server facility projects.
In addition to his consulting work, Antti‑Jussi served as Chair of the Board of the Finnish Data Center Association (FDCA) from 2019 to 2020 and continues as a Board Member today. FDCA actively promotes the growth and competitiveness of the Finnish datacenter industry.
Leading datacenter business development at Sweco
At Sweco, Antti‑Jussi’s role is to systematically advance the datacenter business by understanding where the datacenter market is heading, identifying customer requirements, and deploying the right expertise at the right time. He is especially involved in the early phases of datacenter projects, where the most critical and long‑term decisions regarding location, energy, design, and investment are made.
With over 15 years of experience in datacenter and industrial projects, Antti‑Jussi quickly understands complex datacenter ecosystems. He identifies critical risks early, highlights key decision points, and brings a practical, solution‑oriented perspective to datacenter planning and development.
Rather than applying a fixed model, Antti‑Jussi builds tailored datacenter teams for each project. In addition to core datacenter specialists, experts in energy systems, zoning, infrastructure, and industrial design are integrated as required. This ensures that clients receive precisely the datacenter expertise their project demands.
A key strength in Antti‑Jussi’s datacenter leadership is clarity. He helps clients make informed, strategic decisions and maintain control of complex datacenter projects—even when they are technically demanding, capital‑intensive, and schedule‑critical.
Datacenter Publications
Antti‑Jussi actively writes for the Sweco blog about the datacenter industry and its importance to the national economy:
- From Paper Reels to Data – Datacenters as a New Finnish Export Opportunity
- Datacenters and Global Markets – Finnish Datacenter Expertise at the Top Level
Two Questions on Datacenters
- What currently excites you most about working with datacenters?
“One of the best aspects of my job is the international operating environment. I enjoy studying and speaking different languages, and I get to use them often. In addition, the industry is constantly changing. Technology is developing all the time, and the work is not ‘copy-paste’—it is continuous learning.
Being involved in building the future datacenter industry is also highly motivating. This future is already taking shape as Finland transitions toward value creation based on data. Datacenters can become a long‑term pillar of Finnish industry, supporting society and economic resilience.
It is not only about datacenters being built in Finland, but about developing Finnish datacenter expertise. This includes manufacturing components for datacenters and creating export‑driven industrial value chains.”
- How do you stay up to date in the fast‑moving datacenter industry?
“Active dialogue with datacenter stakeholders, partners, and clients is essential. Continuous reading, learning, and challenging existing datacenter solutions help ensure that projects are delivered better, more efficiently, and more sustainably.”
Sweco – Datacenter expertise
Sweco is Europe’s leading architecture and engineering consultancy and a trusted partner for datacenter design and delivery. Sweco supports datacenter projects from site selection and feasibility studies to detailed design and commissioning. Datacenter services combine strong technical expertise with energy solutions, infrastructure planning, and professional project management.
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Antti-Jussi Laine
Data Centre Business Lead