Faast – Scaling a nationwide ultra-fast charging network with Virta

Faast is building a nationwide ultra-fast DC charging network in Finland around one clear promise: guaranteed power. With Virta as its digital backbone, Faast is combining reliable HPC charging, flexible site deployment and a scalable software platform to deliver a more consistent charging experience for EV drivers.

Solving the real challenge in ultra-fast charging

For Faast, the opportunity in the EV charging market was clear. As electrification gathered pace in Finland, more customers expected high power, high quality and a seamless charging experience. But in practice, many fast-charging sites still left too much uncertainty for drivers, particularly during busy periods when charging speeds could drop.

Faast built its concept around removing that uncertainty. The aim was not simply to offer ultra-fast charging, but to make that experience more predictable and dependable from one site to the next.

Antti Sario, COO at Faast Point Oy, says:

"When talking about fast charging, too much focus is on the peak power rather than the minimum power. When we provide fast charging we want to provide high peak power but also guarantee relatively high minimum power for our customers."

Photo 1: Antti Sario, COO, Faast Point Assets Oy next to a BESS at Faast charging station.

A key part of that promise is Faast’s guaranteed minimum charging power. While many operators focus on peak output, Faast chose to focus on what drivers actually experience in real-world conditions. That means ensuring a consistently high minimum charging power, even when stations are full, provided the vehicle itself can receive that power.

This approach created a demanding operational brief. Faast needed to scale a nationwide DC charging network, maintain strong uptime, support a seamless customer journey – and preserve a clear and differentiated customer promise at every location.

Why the backend matters in a growing HPC charging network

For a business like Faast, the backend is not a background system. It is a central part of the customer experience.

As Faast’s team put it in the interview process according to Heikki Hintikka, CCO, Faast Point Assets Oy:

"The backend provider is the backbone of the whole customer experience and reliability for customers."

Photo 2: Heikki Hintikka, CCO, Faast Point Assets Oy

That is a useful way to understand the role of software in an ultra-fast charging network. The backend must support driver access, payment methods, operational visibility, service reliability and future growth – all at the same time.

In other words, Faast needed proven backend software for DC chargers and a platform capable of supporting a public HPC charging network as it expanded.

Building on Virta’s platform

Faast chose Virta as the digital backbone for its growing charging business.

Photo 3: Using Virta app to initiate a charging event at Faast's HPC Kempower charger.

With Virta, Faast connected its charging infrastructure to EV drivers through a proven platform for DC and HPC chargers already familiar to a large share of Finnish EV users. From day one, the platform gave Faast the foundations it needed to operate and scale: app-based charging, RFID access, contactless payment support, and the operational tools required to manage a public ultra-fast charging network.

The partnership also gave Faast more than charger connectivity. Virta provides the backend software for ultra-fast chargers that helps Faast manage driver access, payments, data and network operations in one environment. In practice, that means Faast can offer a consistent user experience across its sites while also using software-driven insights to monitor performance, manage the network and improve the charging experience over time.

This supports Faast’s broader strategy well. The combination of high-power charging and battery energy storage (BESS) allows faster deployment, smaller grid connections and more flexibility as sites scale. Virta’s platform complements that model by providing the software layer needed to operate a growing DC charging network with a clear and consistent customer promise.

A customer experience built around guaranteed power

Faast wants EV drivers to associate its brand with speed, reliability and ease of use in every charging session. That ambition is visible not only in its charging concept, but also in the way the service is delivered.

Drivers can access charging through multiple payment and authentication methods, including card payment, the Virta app, RFID and Autocharge. That flexibility matters in public charging, where ease of use often determines whether a charging experience feels dependable or frustrating.

For Faast, the goal is straightforward: to provide the best ultra-fast charging experience accessible for everyone in Finland. Achieving that at scale requires more than physical charging sites. It requires a scalable digital foundation capable of supporting both consumer and professional drivers as the network grows.

Photo 4: Power guarantee delivering +150kW power while charging at a Faast DC charger.

Results so far

Faast’s growth shows what that combination of charging infrastructure, battery-backed flexibility and backend software can enable.

Today, 12 charging stations with 64 charging points in total across Finland serve drivers through Faast’s nationwide ultra-fast charging network. Faast is looking to double down the number of their charging stations by the end of the year and continue building stations to prime locations, next to specialty retail stores, different urban locations as well as highways.

The network guarantees a minimum of 150 kW at every charging point, a core part of the Faast concept and a clear differentiator in the fast-charging market. Maximum charging speeds reach up to 350 kW, supporting high-power charging for compatible vehicles.

As the network has grown, Faast has also achieved 315% average revenue growth per charging point within 12 months, from May 2025 to May 2026. That points to strong utilisation and increasing demand as the business scales.

Together, these figures reflect more than growth alone. They show how a differentiated charging concept, combined with the right digital platform, can support both a stronger driver experience and a scalable operating model.

Photo 5: Antti Sario and Heikki Hintikka at Faast DC charging station at Helsinki Airport.