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OpenAI to launch AI data center in Norway, its first in Europe (techcrunch.com)
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[โ€“] Sunshine@piefed.ca 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Every nearby resident groans at the upcoming issues with the power.

[โ€“] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

Does Norway have limited power capacity like America?

It looks like it is super green and exporting lots to its neighbours:

https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/NO/72h/hourly

This is the perfect place to build AI data centres, heaps of green renewables in abundance

If only the EU could catch up

[โ€“] tormeh@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 16 hours ago

Some regions have more power than others. Thankfully this data center will be in the north, where electricity and cooling are both plentiful.

[โ€“] breecher@sh.itjust.works 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Or that energy could be used for more productive things instead of being wasted on this shit.

[โ€“] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Europeans are using AI, maybe you missed this?

Over 13% of EU businesses with at least 10 employees have embraced Artificial Intelligence, says Eurostat, a 5.5% increase from 2023, with all member states reporting growth in the use of AI technology.

Large companies - meaning those with at least 250 employees - reported much higher AI use: 42% on average.

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/01/31/ai-on-the-rise-among-european-businesses-how-are-they-using-it

The EU should be powering it's own data centres, not relying on the Americans

[โ€“] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Their still relying on the Americans. It's an American company. And America well suck up all their data no matter what EU law says.

[โ€“] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 1 points 10 hours ago

Somebody didn't read the article :P

Nscale will design and build the site, and it will be a 50/50 joint venture between the two companies. OpenAI will be an โ€œoff-takerโ€ in the project, buying capacity from the data center.

also

Nscale and OpenAI told TechCrunch that Stargate Norway isnโ€™t a part of the European Unionโ€™s plans to scale AI at home. Nscale CEO Josh Payne told CNBC that part of the purpose of this project is to โ€œleverage European sovereign computeโ€ for the benefit of the continent. Norwayโ€™s AI ecosystem, like startups and scientific researchers, will get priority access to the center.

On top of this:

So far, the EU has put up 10 billion euros ($11.8 billion) in funding to set up 13 AI factories and 20 billion euros as a starting point for investment in the gigafactories, marking what it says is the โ€œlargest public investment in AI in the world.โ€ The bloc has already received 76 expressions of interest in the gigafactories from 16 member states across 60 sites, Virkkunen said.

Great! what are you waiting for? build them?

However, in order for the factories to make a noteworthy addition to Europeโ€™s computing capacity, significantly more investment will be required from the private sector to fund the expensive infrastructure.

oh...

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/29/europe-sets-its-sights-on-multi-billion-euro-gigawatt-ai-factories.html