OpenAI is expanding its reach in Europe with a new data center planned for northern Norway. This move supports the company’s growing artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives.
The project, known as Stargate Norway, will be a collaborative effort involving Nscale, a British technology company, and Aker, a Norwegian energy provider.
The data hub’s location is near Narvik, a region advantageous for its access to sustainable energy sources, naturally cold climate, and robust industrial base. These attributes are expected to reduce energy consumption and enhance the cooling efficiency necessary for extensive computer systems.
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The facility will operate using green energy and employ a liquid cooling strategy to maintain optimal hardware temperatures. Surplus heat generated will be redistributed to local industries that rely on eco-friendly energy solutions.
Stargate Norway will be co-owned through a joint venture between Nscale and Aker, with each holding an equal equity stake. OpenAI will not own the physical infrastructure, but will instead purchase computing resources from the venture.
According to OpenAI, this approach allows them to effectively meet the escalating demands within the European market without the capital investment and management of a self-owned data center.
OpenAI anticipates the data center’s initial power capacity to be 230 megawatts, with plans for expansion to 290 megawatts. The long-term target is to deploy 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs by the conclusion of 2026.
Nscale and Aker have each pledged approximately $1 billion to fund the initial development phase of this initiative.
In a separate development on July 22nd, OpenAI teamed up with Oracle to increase its AI processing capabilities by 4.5 gigawatts. Find out what CEO Sam Altman had to say: Read the full story.
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