OpenAI announced on Thursday that it is launching a Stargate-branded AI data centre in Norway—its first such project in Europe.

The facility will be developed through a 50-50 joint venture between British company Nscale, and Norwegian energy infrastructure firm, Aker.

OpenAI will act as an “off-taker,” purchasing computing capacity from the data centre.

The site is expected to house 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs by the end of 2026, with plans for substantial expansion in the years to come, OpenAI said in a press release.

The data centre will operate entirely on renewable energy and offer 230 megawatts of capacity, positioning it among the largest in Europe.

NVIDIA’s GPUs are widely regarded as the industry standard for data centers due to their efficiency in handling large-scale AI workloads.

For the Norway project, Nscale and Aker have each committed approximately $1 billion to the initial 20-megawatt phase.

The data centre will be located in Kvandal, near Narvik in northern Norway—a region known for its abundant hydropower, low local electricity demand, and limited transmission capacity, the companies said.