Foreign Investment & National Security
Finland’s planned FDI overhaul brings data centres and greenfield projects into scope
CELIS reports that Finland’s planned FDI reform would extend screening to classified information, ICT services, critical infrastructure, security of supply, data centres, strategic raw materials and certain greenfield investments.
BY GEOPOLITICS DESK · MAY 21, 2026 · 1 MIN READ
CELIS reports that Finland’s planned FDI reform would extend screening to classified information, ICT services, critical infrastructure, security of supply, data centres, strategic raw materials and certain greenfield investments. For deal teams, the noteworthy features are mandatory filings across covered sectors, review of all non-Finnish acquirers, 10 percent foreign-influence thresholds and fines up to EUR 10 million or 10 percent of global turnover.