VivoPower has signed an agreement to acquire a data center in Mo i Rana, Norway, from Cowa and Lian Group, who previously operated the facility as a cryptocurrency mining site at a former ironworks plant. Originally built by Bitfury in 2018 for bitcoin mining operations in the Mo Industrial Park, the site was active until 2022 before transitioning under Cowa and Lian's management.
Powered by 100% renewable hydroelectric energy, VivoPower plans to repurpose it into a Sovereign AI Hub.
VivoPower International PLC (Nasdaq: VVPR) is a sustainable energy and digital infrastructure company operating across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Australia.
The Company develops and operates renewable-powered infrastructure enabling Power-to-X applications, with a strategic focus on sovereign digital and AI infrastructure, electric mobility, and energy-intensive compute.
March 20, 2026 Norway
Battery and solar panel maker T1 Energy has obtained 50MW of capacity for a Norwegian site originally intended for battery cell production, now planned as a data center. The company announced this week that Norway’s national grid operator, Statnett, has allocated 50MW of power to T1 Energy’s...
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March 14, 2026 Norway
Investment firm 3i Infrastructure has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Norway’s Lefdal Mine Datacenter (LMD). Announced this week, 3i plans to invest €300 million ($347.3 million) in the deal, which is expected to close in summer 2026.The data center company is being acquired from a fund...
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March 07, 2026 Norway
Plans for a proposed ammonia plant in Norway have been scrapped, with the developer now exploring the site for potential data center use. The shift comes after delays caused the project to lose its grid capacity allocation with the local grid operator Iverson eFuels has decided to terminate plans...
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January 28, 2026 Norway
Aker Nscale has entered into an agreement with Løvenskiold-Fossum Kraft Drift to develop a 96MW data center in Skien, Norway. The company aims to establish a data center capable of supporting AI workloads and has applied for grid capacity from Statnett.Leopold Løvenskiold, the general manager and...
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January 04, 2026 Norway
VivoPower International has signed an exclusive heads-of-agreement to acquire the facility from an undisclosed firm. According to Vivo, the data center has a further 40MW of capacity earmarked for potential approval in 2026 and is powered exclusively by hydroelectric energy.Vivo intends to...
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