Stargate Norway / Nscale Narvik
AI data center in Narvik, Nordland, Norway, operated by Nscale.
Nscale's hydro-powered campus near Narvik, Norway, first announced as Stargate Norway with Aker and OpenAI. In April 2026 Nscale expanded its Microsoft deal to 230 MW and more than 30,000 Nvidia Rubin GPUs here, for delivery in 2027.
- Live power
- —
- Planned power
- 230MW 1
- Status
- Under construction
- Accelerators
- 30,000
Power: what each source says
230 MW initial (Nscale, 2026-04-14); Nscale's 2025 Stargate Norway blog mentioned a possible further 290 MW. Epoch AI satellite review 2026-07-05: no building operational yet.
Figures labelled Epoch AI are estimates from satellite imagery, permits and filings. Company figures come from the operator, owner or its filings. IT power is what the servers draw; in Epoch AI’s figures for these campuses it runs about 15–35% below total facility power.
Tenants
Microsoft; OpenAI named as offtaker in the 2025 Stargate Norway announcement
Campus facts
- Operator
- Nscale 1
- Owner / developer
- Nscale (Aker Nscale joint venture being rolled into Nscale) 1
- City
- Narvik 1
- State / region
- Nordland 1
- Country
- Norway 1
- First power
- 2027 1
- Chips
- NVIDIA Rubin, 'more than 30,000' (Nscale, 2026-04-14) 1
- GPUs / accelerators
- 30,000 1
- Cooling
- liquid 1
- Power source
- hydro (grid) 1
- Coordinates
- 68.44° N, 17.43° E (town level)
- Verified
Sources
- Nscale: expanded Microsoft agreement in Narvik, Norway (2026-04-14) accessed 2026-11-09
- Nscale: Stargate Norway, laying the foundation accessed 2026-11-09
- TIME: AI in Norway, Nscale data center (2026-06-03) accessed 2026-11-09
- Epoch AI, AI data centers dataset (CC-BY 4.0, updated 2026-11-06) (licence: CC BY 4.0) accessed 2026-11-09