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Read T1 Energy Gets 50MW Grid Connection for Norway Data Center Site
T1 Energy Gets 50MW Grid Connection for Norway Data Center Site

T1 Energy Gets 50MW Grid Connection for Norway Data Center Site

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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Read 3i Infrastructure Buys Majority Stake in Norway’s Lefdal Mine Datacenter
3i Infrastructure Buys Majority Stake in Norway’s Lefdal Mine Datacenter

3i Infrastructure Buys Majority Stake in Norway’s Lefdal Mine Datacenter

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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Read Norway Ammonia Plant Plans Dropped as Company Eyes Data Center Development
Norway Ammonia Plant Plans Dropped as Company Eyes Data Center Development

Norway Ammonia Plant Plans Dropped as Company Eyes Data Center Development

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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Read Aker Nscale Plans 96MW Data Center in Skien, Norway
Aker Nscale Plans 96MW Data Center in Skien, Norway

Aker Nscale Plans 96MW Data Center in Skien, Norway

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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Read VivoPower Acquires 40MW Data Center in Norway
VivoPower Acquires 40MW Data Center in Norway

VivoPower Acquires 40MW Data Center in Norway

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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Read Kevin O’Leary's Bitzero Signs 10MW PPA in Norway
Kevin O’Leary's Bitzero Signs 10MW PPA in Norway

Kevin O’Leary's Bitzero Signs 10MW PPA in Norway

December 16, 2025 Norway

Cryptomine and HPC data center firm Bitzero announced it had secured a new 10MW power purchase agreement (PPA) at its data center site in Namsskogan, Norway. The company said the deal locks in power at approximately $0.02 per kWh. The new total blended cost of $0.03–0.035 per kWh for the 40MW...

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Read Magnora Plans 100MW Data Center Project in Kristiansund, Norway
Magnora Plans 100MW Data Center Project in Kristiansund, Norway

Magnora Plans 100MW Data Center Project in Kristiansund, Norway

December 08, 2025 Norway

Norwegian renewable investment firm Magnora this week announced it has launched Magnora Scale Averøya, a new 100MW data center project in Kristiansund. Timelines to develop the 120,000 sqm (1.29 million sq ft) site haven’t been shared.Magnora is working with owners of Averøy Industripark and Tore...

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Read Magnora Plans 100MW Data Center Project in Norway
Magnora Plans 100MW Data Center Project in Norway

Magnora Plans 100MW Data Center Project in Norway

December 03, 2025 Norway

Norwegian renewable investment firm Magnora has started work on a new data center project on the western coast of Norway. It has launched Magnora Scale Averøya, a new 100MW data center project in Kristiansund.Magnora is working with owners of Averøy Industripark and Tore Knapskog, who...

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Read Fossefall Acquires Data Center in Telemark, Norway
Fossefall Acquires Data Center in Telemark, Norway

Fossefall Acquires Data Center in Telemark, Norway

November 26, 2025 Norway

Fossefall this week announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Fyresdal Datacenter from Norwegian holding company Norsk Data AS to establish its first AI factory in Norway. stment firm Valinor, AI startup WAIYS, and renewable energy company Norsk Solar. "The establishment of...

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Read Data Center Startup Fossefall Launches in Norway
Data Center Startup Fossefall Launches in Norway

Data Center Startup Fossefall Launches in Norway

November 14, 2025 Norway

A new data center startup has launched in Norway, aiming to launch “AI factories” in Scandinavia. The company aims to develop “AI factories” powered by surplus renewable energy (namely hydroelectric) in the Nordics.The company is reportedly initially targeting developments at 11 sites in Norway...

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Read Norway's Bulk Secures €410m Senior Secured Loan
Norway's Bulk Secures €410m Senior Secured Loan

Norway's Bulk Secures €410m Senior Secured Loan

November 04, 2025 Norway

Bulk Infrastructure has successfully closed a €410 million ($472.1m) senior secured loan to support the continued development of its N01 data center campus in the Vennesla municipality. The N01 data center campus is located on a three-square-km site next to a transformer station just outside of...

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Read Magnora Acquires Majority Stake in Storespeed
Magnora Acquires Majority Stake in Storespeed

Magnora Acquires Majority Stake in Storespeed

October 07, 2025 Norway

Norwegian renewable investment firm Magnora has entered the data center market with the acquisition of Norwegian data center developer Storespeed. Magnora acquired a 75 percent stake in the company in partnership with Blix Solutions, a data center developer based in Norway, which nabbed a five...

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Read ASP Data Center Acquires Former Factory Site outside Bergen
ASP Data Center Acquires Former Factory Site outside Bergen

ASP Data Center Acquires Former Factory Site outside Bergen

September 24, 2025 Norway

Norwegian firm ASP Data Center recently announced the acquisition of a former factory used by local clothing firm Dale of Norway with plans to turn it into an AI data center. The first phase of development will see the company relaunch the site as a 20MW data center. The project will see around...

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Read Terakraft and Neurophos Deploy AI Hardware at Data Center in Norway
Terakraft and Neurophos Deploy AI Hardware at Data Center in Norway

Terakraft and Neurophos Deploy AI Hardware at Data Center in Norway

August 22, 2025 Norway

AI data center operator Terakraft and AI chip company Neurophos are teaming up for AI infrastructure at the former's data center in Norway, aiming to develop "sustainable" AI infrastructure under the agreement.“By hosting Neurophos’ ultra-efficient optical chips in our green data center for...

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Read Vesper Infrastructure Acquires Terakraft
Vesper Infrastructure Acquires Terakraft

Vesper Infrastructure Acquires Terakraft

August 07, 2025 Norway

Investment firm Vesper Infrastructure announced this week it had invested in Terakraft, becoming the majority shareholder. Terakraft operates a data center that will offer 10MW of capacity following a “comprehensive refurbishment” and upgrade program. The facility will utilize liquid cooling...

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Read GreenScale Acquires Land in Norway for New Data Center
GreenScale Acquires Land in Norway for New Data Center

GreenScale Acquires Land in Norway for New Data Center

June 07, 2025 Norway

GreenScale this week announced the acquisition of Tonstad DataPark, a new data center development located in the municipality of Sirdal in West Agder County (NO2), Norway.Tonstad DataPark spans a 420,000 square meter (4.5 million sq ft) site with 300MW of grid capacity, approved by Glitre Nett...

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Read Vard delivers cable-laying ship to I.T.
Vard delivers cable-laying ship to I.T.

Vard delivers cable-laying ship to I.T.

December 14, 2024 Norway

Nordic shipbuilder Vard has successfully delivered a cable-laying vessel to I.T. International Telecom Marine (IT), a submarine cable installation and maintenance firm. The vessel was formerly a platform supply vessel and was converted into a specialized cable-laying ship, named IT Infinity, to...

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Read Heimdall Power raises $25m in new funding round
Heimdall Power raises $25m in new funding round

Heimdall Power raises $25m in new funding round

July 19, 2024 Norway

Power grid optimization specialist Heimdall Power has raised $25 million in a Series B funding round to scale up production of its “Magic Ball” sensors which it claims can help grid operators access up to 40 percent of additional transmission capacity in existing power lines. These neuron sensors...

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Read BGO invests €350 million into Norway's Bulk
BGO invests €350 million into Norway's Bulk

BGO invests €350 million into Norway's Bulk

June 07, 2024 Norway

Real estate investment management firm BentallGreenOak has invested another €350 million ($380m) into Nordic data center operator Bulk which will be used to ‘accelerate Bulk’s growth plans.’“The latest investment by BGO will fuel our ambitions to shift the gravity for global and European large...

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Read New GPU cloud firm offering access to AMD GPUs launches
New GPU cloud firm offering access to AMD GPUs launches

New GPU cloud firm offering access to AMD GPUs launches

May 08, 2024 Norway

A new GPU cloud provider Nscale which relies on AMD hardware has announced its official launch and is now offering services based on AMD’s Instinct MI300X GPU accelerators from a cryptomining firm and sister company Arkon Energy’s data center in Glomfjord, Norway. “Over the coming years, AI will...

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