HPE delivers Olivia, Norway's most powerful supercomputer, installed at Lefdal Mine Data Center. Major leap forward for national HPC, AI, and digital sovereignty. Operates alongside Telenor AI Factory (described as Norway's first sovereign AI cloud platform), with Supermicro providing AI-RAN and sovereign AI infrastructure (announced March 2, 2026).
OpenAI launches Stargate Norway in partnership with Nscale (UK AI cloud) and Aker (Norwegian energy). Initial 230 MW capacity, expanding to 290 MW. 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs by end of 2026. Site near Narvik, northern Norway. OpenAI's first European AI data center.
OpenAI abandoned plans to rent compute capacity directly from Nscale Stargate Norway data center in Narvik. Microsoft will take up the spare capacity instead. The 230MW facility with 100K GPU target continues under Nscale-Aker 50/50 JV, powered by renewable hydropower.
OpenAI failed to conclude an offtake deal with Nscale at Narvik and pulled out of Stargate Norway. Microsoft stepped in, contracting 30,000 Nvidia Vera Rubin GPUs at the 230MW facility. OpenAI cut infrastructure spending target from $1.4T to ~$600B by 2030. Second Stargate site Microsoft absorbed in three weeks.