Openai declared Thursday that he plans to launch Stargate Norway, his first Data Center Ai in Europe, in collaboration with the British Cloud infrastructure supplier and the Norwegian Aker Norwegian energy infrastructure company.

Nscale will design and build the site and will be a Joint Venture 50/50 between the two companies. Openi will be an “off-taker” in the project, purchasing the ability from the data center.

The announcement comes while the races in Europe to reach the sovereignty of the AI and invest in the data center and calculate power. At the beginning of this week, the blockade revealed the details of his Multimilaryial investment In artificial intelligence infrastructure, they included 10 billion euros ($ 11.8 billion) to create 13 artificial intelligence factories and 20 billion euros as an initial factory investment. The sovereignty of data is the key to that mission, due to the sensitive nature of company and government data.

It is not clear that the IFA Opeeni data center is part of the European Union plans to reduce the IA at home, and Openii does not do unchangedly as when it was contacted by Techcrunch. Josh Payne, CEO of Nscal He told the CNBC That of the purposes of this project is to “exploit the European sovereign calculation” for the benefit of the continent. The AI Ecosystem AI of Norway, such as startups and scientific researchers, will have priority access to the center.

The CNBC also reported that NScale and Aker have committed each of $ 1 billion for the initial phase of 20 megawatts (MW) of the project. Openii says that Stargate Norway will initially provide a capacity of 230 MW, with plans for expansion to 290 MW, and will work on 100,000 NVIDIA GPU by the end of 2026.

The site will be located near Narvik, a small town in North Nortway. Said Openai A blog post The Region is remarkable for its access to hydroelectric energy, a fresh climate and a “base of mature industry”.

“The structure will work entirely with renewable energy and should incorporate the liquid cooling with a closed ring and directed to chips to ensure the maximum cooling effect,” said Openi. “In addition, the excess heat from the GPU system will be available to support low carbon emissions companies in the region.”

Pi the Eu aa actWhich entered into force in August 2024 and proves the systems with “non -accessible risk”, companies that build Data Center Mustr must take measures to protect the environment and be transparent on the energy consumption of artificial intelligence models. In addition, the Energy Efficiency Directive of Block emphasizes energy efficiency in the ICT sector, which included data centers. The direct directive also Data Center that extends some energy input thresholds to recover the heat of waste.

The announcement of Stargate Norway comes seven months after Openi announced that it would do it Invest $ 500 billion In 10 Gigawatt of artificial intelligence infrastructures in the United States in the next four years, in collaboration with Oracle and softbank. The agreement also follows the launch of United Arab Emirates Stargate At the beginning of this year and a recent Agreement signed with the government of the United Kingdom Accelerate the adoption of the AI and increase the infrastructure.