31-07-2025
Aker and Nscale to build $1 billion OpenAI plant in Norway
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Norway's Aker ASA said on Thursday it was partnering with Nscale Global Holdings and OpenAI to build a large artificial intelligence facility in northern Norway, aiming to install 100,000 Nvidia processors by the end of partnership, called Stargate Norway , will be fully powered by renewable energy, Norwegian conglomerate Aker said in a joint statement with Nscale and centre is the first in Europe under OpenAI's Stargate programme and follows the recent announcement of similar-sized Stargate UAE in the United Arab Emirates, the US tech firm said."This is one of the most ambitious AI infrastructure investments in Europe to date," OpenAI said in a blog post on its ASA's shares rose 4.1% by 0715 and Aker will jointly own Stargate Norway, investing about $1 billion for the initial phase of the project and with the potential to increase the site's capacity tenfold in future phases, they said."As OpenAI customers, Aker and Nscale will benefit from local access to models and AI services delivered via sovereign infrastructure," the companies said in their facility will run on Nvidia's advanced GB300 Superchip processors, connected by the US company's high-speed NVLink network technology, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in a video presentation on the facility, located in a hydropower-rich region of Norway, will be among the first AI gigafactories in Europe, Nscale CEO Josh Payne said in the statement."Sovereign, scalable and sustainable infrastructure is now essential to remain competitive," he Norway is projected to consume an electrical power capacity of 230 megawatts (MW) for its operation, with ambitions to expand by an additional 290 MW, the companies said.
