European data center firm Polar DC's DRA1 facility is located on a 60,600 sqm plot in southeast Norway. The site uses free cooling, with rear door heat exchangers or direct liquid cooling options for HPC. It lies in Norway's NO2 region, 219 km from Oslo, and is in phased development.
| Distance | Site | About |
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| 0.04 miles | Crusoe: Tordal |
Crusoe has finalized a lease agreement for a data center in Norway to house Crusoe Cloud, its GPU cloud services.
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| 0.05 miles | Polar DC: DRA02 |
Polar DC is developing DRA02, an AI-ready expansion situated directly adjacent to its flagship DRA01 campus in Drangedal, Norway.
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As a leading European data center operator, Polar DC is dedicated to meeting the unique and complex needs of HPC and AI workloads. Our vision is to accelerate infrastructure by developing state-of-the-art, very high-density data centers. We provide reliable, flexible, secure, and sustainable solutions, powered by the latest technology and a strong commitment to renewable energy.
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October 22, 2026 Crusoe
Crusoe will take a second, larger building at Polar Data Centers' Tørdal campus in Norway. Polar announced the expansion on Oct. 21 (announcement). The new building, DRA02, will add 40MW of liquid-cooled critical IT capacity on hydroelectric power and is due online in late 2027. Crusoe plans...
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June 01, 2026 Polar DC
Nordic AI data center developer Polar DC has raised an €800 million ($932.2 million) senior secured bond in the Nordic bond market.The company, which is owned by alternative investment firm H.I.G. Capital, plans to use the proceeds to refinance existing debt tied to its first data center in...
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