OpenAI Unveils $1B “Stargate Norway” AI Megafacility — Europe’s New Infrastructure Powerhouse
OpenAI is making a decisive move into European infrastructure with the launch of its first EU data center: a $1 billion megafacility in Narvik, Norway, developed in partnership with Nscale Global Holdings and Aker ASA.
Part of the Stargate initiative—OpenAI’s global gigafactory network—the site will debut with 100,000 Nvidia GB300 Superchips powered exclusively by renewable hydropower. Future expansion is planned for over 500 MW of capacity.
⚡ Built for the Next AI Era
This facility is engineered for the massive compute demands of advanced AI model training—spanning language models, multimodal systems, and reinforcement learning agents. Nvidia’s GB300 + NVLink architecture will drive blistering throughput for OpenAI’s development cycles.
With OpenAI as its anchor client, Stargate Norway offers a sovereign, scalable European alternative to U.S.-based compute infrastructure, helping meet EU regulatory requirements while boosting global operational resilience.
🔋 Green Power, Global Reach
Running on 100% local hydroelectric energy, the site sets a sustainability benchmark for an industry facing mounting criticism over its environmental impact.
Norway’s clean energy profile makes it a strategic location for energy-intensive AI workloads—supporting everything from autonomous robotics to defense systems.
🧠 Strategic Implications
Although in Europe, the facility strengthens the U.S. AI ecosystem by:
Reducing dependency on domestic data centers
Complying with global data residency laws
Diversifying operational risk
Unlocking capacity for U.S. startups, researchers, and enterprises
This move follows OpenAI’s UAE expansion, signaling a deliberate pivot to distributed global infrastructure—and potentially a hedge against tightening U.S. regulations on energy use, model training, and deployment.
💬 Final Thought:
AI’s future won’t be decided by algorithms alone—it will hinge on sovereignty, sustainability, and infrastructure strategy.
Should the U.S. double down on domestic gigafactories, or embrace a globally distributed AI network?
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