OpenAI is launching its first Stargate data centre project in Europe, partnering with developer Nscale Global Holdings and investment group Aker ASA to open a $1-billion facility in Norway next year,

OpenAI is joining forces with two European companies to set up a data center in Norway, the ChatGPT maker’s first project of this kind on the continent as it seeks to expand artificial-intelligence infrastructure outside the U.

The data center will hold 100,100 NVIDIA GPUs and use entirely renewable energy, if all goes according to plan.

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is reshaping the European AI landscape. It is launching its first European data centre in