BIRK ASSETS • NORDIC POWERED LAND
A Nordic platform for AI infrastructure
Birk secures the land, power and permits that Ai capacity is built on.
THE COMPANY
Birk develops powered land
Build-ready positions where land, power and grid access meet.
01
We take sites from raw potential to build-ready reality, investing in zoning, permitting, surveys and grid-connection work so that large-scale AI infrastructure can be built where it makes sense.
Powered land
02
Our operational team is located in Gävleborg, Sweden, one of the most established regions in the Nordics for large-scale digital infrastructure, working directly with municipalities, landowners and grid companies.
On the Ground
03
Our Norwegian organisation brings decades of experience from property zoning and regulatory processes. That competence transfers directly to the planning and permitting work at the core of AI infrastructure development.
Deep permitting expertise
~24 months
Target development window from secured site to build-ready position.
Decades
Norwegian zoning and regulatory competence applied to AI infrastructure.
Two Countries
Head office in Bærum, Norway. Operational team in Gävleborg, Sweden.
Four value
drivers
Head office in Bærum, Norway. Operational team in Gävleborg, Sweden.
E N T R Y
m²
Raw land
~24 MONTHS
Zoning
Grid connection
Permits
Site works
B U I L Y- R E A D Y
MW
Power capacity
THE MARKET
The constraint is power
And the capital is already committed.
01
The rollout of AI is creating capacity demand without historical precedent. The bottleneck is no longer capital or technology. It is access to power and build-ready land.
Demand without precedent
02
Grid-connection lead time is the critical factor: new connections are measured in years, not months. A site with secured power carries scarcity value that raw land does not.
The queue is years
03
Capacity that cannot be served on the continent must be served somewhere else. Nordic power prices, renewables, natural cooling, fibre and political stability make the region the natural destination.
Demand moves north
04
The Nordic power mix is among the cleanest in Europe. Natural cooling cuts energy demand year-round, and excess heat can be reused in district heating and local industry.
A climate choice
USD 725bn
Capital expenditure guided by the four largest hyperscalers for 2026.
945 TWh
Projected global data-centre consumption by 2030, up from 415 TWh in 2024.
60–70%
Share of data-centre construction cost that goes to power and cooling.
Sources: company capital-expenditure guidance, Q4 2025 and Q1 2026 earnings; IEA, Energy and AI (2025);
industry construction-cost benchmarks.
An operational team of three, at the heart of one of the most established regions in the Nordics for large-scale digital infrastructure. The team is led by Sam Cole, Head of Digital Infrastructure.
Established presence in Gävleborg
PRESENCE
01
The region already hosts international hyperscale deployments and has documented grid capacity.
An established region
02
Local presence provides direct access to the processes that determine lead time: grid connection, detailed development plans and land acquisition.
Local access
03
Ongoing dialogue with leading hyperscalers provides direct insight into requirements for location, power and timeline.
End-customer insight
04
Relationships with grid companies and municipalities are built locally, not from a head office.
Built locally
01 · HEAD OFFICE
Bærum, Norway
Board oversight, capital discipline and financial control.
02 · OPERATIONAL TEAM
Gävleborg, Sweden
Site origination, technical assessment, grid dialogue and municipal relationships.
The region's grid is being reinforced: Svenska kraftnät plans three new 400 kV transmission stations across Gävleborg county. The workforce built around the region's hyperscale facilities and the Sandviken DataCenter Academy took a decade to establish, and it does not relocate.
Sources: Svenska kraftnät county grid development plan; Region Gävleborg.
A long-term partner for
the regions we work in
PARTNERS
AI infrastructure is only built where municipalities, landowners and grid companies want it built. Birk's role is to be the professional, predictable counterpart that carries a site through every stage, and to make sure the host region shares in the value created.
We invest our own resources in surveys, planning and permitting, run open and structured processes, and only pursue sites where local support makes development realistic.
For municipalities
A structured, transparent process with a professional counterpart: clear agreements, realistic timelines and a development plan matured against real end-customer requirements.
For landowners
We come prepared, with qualified connection applications, realistic load profiles and a team that understands TSO and DSO processes. Our goal is to make your queue shorter, not longer.
For power and grid companies
We know what public processes require, because we have been part of them for decades, on both sides of the table.
ABOUT
Where land, power and expertise meet
Birk Assets is a Nordic development company positioned at the intersection of power, land and digital infrastructure. AI capacity requires three things in the same place at the same time: land that can be zoned, power that can be secured at scale, and the expertise to combine the two into a build-ready product. That is the position Birk occupies, through a two-country structure that combines local origination power in Sweden with Norwegian governance and capital discipline.
“Birk” is Nordic for birch, the pioneer species that takes open ground first and prepares it for what follows. Birk does the same with land: secure early, mature the ground, hand over to the operator who builds.
LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS
CEO
Rune Solstad
Sam Cole
HEAD OF DIGITAL INFRASTRACTURE
Central to the establishment of three hyperscale facilities in Sweden.
Egil Skjæveland
PROJECT MANAGER, REAL ESTATE
Operational team
GÄVLEBORG, SWEDEN
Site development, technical assessment and local relationships.
THE FOUNDATION
Norwegian real estate underwrites the platform
The company's balance sheet rests on two Norwegian residential development positions, held through purchase options with limited capital at risk before defined milestones. Both positions were independently valued in 2026. The portfolio provides substance and a cash-flow foundation, and is developed in parallel with the digital infrastructure strategy: two pillars, one balance sheet. Details are made available to qualified investors under NDA.
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