Finland’s New Supercomputer Roihu Enters Testing Phase
If the next four weeks pass without incident, the machine will be opened to all researchers in June
CSC and Loiste advance utilisation of data center excess heat in Kajaani
CSC and local energy company Loiste have signed an agreement to channel waste heat from the LUMI AI Factory — Europe’s largest AI supercomputer facility, under construction in Kajaani — into the city’s district heating…
Cold but Fair? Algorithmic Management in the Workplace
Cold but Fair? Algorithmic Management in the Workplace Algorithmic management promises efficiency, scalability, and data-driven decisions. It often delivers on that promise. The problem is not what algorithms do, but what they typically don’t do.…
Finnish cloud startup Verda raises €100 million to take on Amazon and Microsoft
Finnish cloud startup Verda says it is already profitable. That alone sets it apart from most of its rivals.
Finnish supermarket chain deploys AI voice assistant on public screens — in what may be a world first
K-Supermarket has piloted a talking digital display in three Finnish shopping centres, allowing passersby to hold spoken conversations with an animated character and receive personalised recipe suggestions without touching the screen.
Confused About the EU AI Act? There’s Now a Free Helpdesk for That
Most Finnish businesses know the last part of the EU AI Act is coming. Far fewer know what it actually means for them — which risk category their solution falls into, what that demands in…
Finnish firms embrace AI rapidly, but regulatory knowledge lags far behind, survey finds
Four in five active users adopted artificial intelligence within the past three years, yet fewer than one in four can identify the EU’s main AI law — a gap that researchers warn could expose businesses…
The Problem Is the AI Strategy — Specifically, the Lack of One
By the time your organisation has finally settled the question of whether it needs an AI strategy, your employees have in all likelihood already built one. It may not be quite the one you had…
Nordic workers gain rapid access to AI tools, but fear of mass job losses remains low, survey finds
Three major studies expose a widening gap between AI investment and business impact across Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, raising questions about whether the region risks inflating an AI value bubble.
Finnish companies earn up to 20 times their investment in supercomputing, study finds — but methodology raises questions
A first-of-its-kind study commissioned by CSC – IT Center for Science found that Finnish companies using high-performance computing services, including the LUMI supercomputer, achieved returns of 11 to 20 times their investment, as business use…