Lyten completes Northvolt acquisition: Set to manufacture lithium-sulfur batteries at gigascale and kickstart R&D in Sweden

Lyten has today announced it has completed the acquisition of certain Northvolt assets and will be setting up the Lyten Industrial Hub in Skellefteå at the Northvolt Ett site to co-locate battery manufacturing, a newly announced data center, and other manufacturing activities.

In August 2025, ESS News reported that Lyten said it would snap up 16 GWh of Northvolt’s battery manufacturing capacity in Sweden, including the Skellefteå battery site at Northvolt Ett. In addition to the manufacturing capacity, the deal included Northvolt Labs in Västerås, one of Europe’s largest battery R&D facilities, and more than 160 hectares of land, infrastructure and buildings.

Some seven months later, the deal has now closed without hiccups that can happen in such significant M&A deals.

“With this acquisition, Lyten now operates one of the largest battery manufacturing campuses in Europe and the largest battery R&D center in Europe,” said the company’s CEO and co-founder, Dan Cook.

Lyten said the Skellefteå manufacturing site will resume operations with plans to deliver commercial cells by the second half of 2026.

Using the facilities left behind by Northvolt, Lyten Industrial Hub will produce lithium-ion NMC batteries. Its Swedish R&D team will work on long-life lithium NMC cells, collaborating with Lyten’s US team in Silicon Valley to industrialize its lithium-sulfur battery technology for gigascale manufacturing.

EdgeConneX, a leading global developer of data centers, plans to acquire a data center site from Lyten in Skellefteå. The site has potential to scale to a one-gigawatt data center campus, which would be one of the largest data center facilities in Europe.

Lyten execs have been working with local authorities in the Skellefteå Municipality on rehiring plans, with all parties recognizing the strategic importance the manufacturing hub can leverage in terms of European Union battery energy storage needs and the growing use of batteries by data centers.

Lyten expects commercial sales of cells from its Swedish hub to supply its battery manufacturing facility in Poland, Northvolt Dwa – also formerly owned by Northvolt – in the second half of 2026. Lyten bought the 6 GWh site in Gdansk in 2025 and restarted production almost immediately. It appears to be following a similar strategy in Sweden.

Lyten’s Swedish CEO, Matthias Arleth said the team was “excited to restart production and initiate the ramp-up in Sweden one production line at a time” following the deal’s close. “In Skellefteå we have proven that we are able to produce consistent, high-quality battery cells that meet customer needs right now. The research and development work in Västerås will be a cornerstone in our ambition to respond to future market demand with both high performance NMC and next generation lithium-sulfur batteries,” said Arleth.

Cook said previously that the Polish site would collaborate closely with Lyten’s US team, and the CEO reiterated his wish for the Swedish operation.

“We have the infrastructure, talent, and technology to build a thriving battery ecosystem across North America and Europe, supported by local supply chains and local talent, to deliver on the rapidly growing global need for distributed electricity infrastructure,” said Cook.

In 2024, Lyten purchased Northvolt’s US business, the Cuberg manufacturing facility in California. Looking ahead, Lyten is progressing with its acquisition of Northvolt’s German assets. The company said it was funding its purchases with equity investments from existing and new investors from Europe and North America, as well as capital from EdgeConneX’s investment in the Swedish data center site.

Northvolt, a Swedish company, first declared bankruptcy in its home country in March 2025, but it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US in 2024. Just a day later Northvolt’s CEO and co-founder, Peter Carlsson announced he was stepping down.