Lahti · FutureHubs.eu https://futurehubs.eu/cities/lahti/ Lahti is planning a new data centre and a city-centre university campus, while piloting new downtown bus stops and adopting a zero-emission city logistics plan. en Pre-study backs a new city-centre university campus at Ranta-Kartano in Lahtihttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/lahti/news/ranta-kartano-campus-study/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/lahti/news/ranta-kartano-campus-study/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTA pre-study commissioned by the City of Lahti, LUT University and LAB University of Applied Sciences recommends continuing work on a new higher education campus at Ranta-Kartano and setting up a joint development company, with construction possibly starting in the early 2030s. EU co-funded International Work Lahti project reaches nearly 200 job placementshttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/lahti/news/international-work-lahti-results/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/lahti/news/international-work-lahti-results/Wed, 02 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe EU co-funded International Work Lahti project had achieved nearly 200 job placements for foreign-language job seekers by the end of August 2026, and an evaluation estimates 3.93 euros of social value per euro invested. Lahti's downtown bus stop pilot gets real-time displays after a smooth starthttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/lahti/news/downtown-bus-stop-pilot/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/lahti/news/downtown-bus-stop-pilot/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMTLahti has installed a shared departure display by Trio's main entrance and stop-specific screens on Vesijärvenkatu for its downtown bus stop pilot, which began on 10 August and has run smoothly, with no significant congestion reported. Lahti plans a second large data centre in the Kujala industrial areahttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/lahti/news/kujala-data-centre/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/lahti/news/kujala-data-centre/Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMTLahti says a new data centre designed by ecogrid.energy Oy is planned on a Peab-owned site in the Kujala industrial area, with construction scheduled from the first half of 2027, completion in 2028 and more than 3,000 person-years of construction work. Evaluation of Lahti's participatory budgeting asks for a stronger link to decisionshttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/lahti/news/participatory-budgeting-evaluation/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/lahti/news/participatory-budgeting-evaluation/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMTAn evaluation of Lahti's participatory budgeting model OSBU for 2020–2025 finds it has become an established form of participation but remains weakly linked to wider decisions and strategic planning; the City Council has decided it will continue every two years.