Nscale Narvik (was Stargate Norway)

Name: Nscale Narvik (was Stargate Norway)
Address: Narvik, Nordland, NO

Nscale · Narvik, Norway · 230 MW · Building

Built by Nscale for an Nscale and Aker joint venture on hydropower. OpenAI announced it as Stargate Norway, then did not sign; Microsoft took the capacity.

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As of Apr 15, 2026

Operator: Nscale
Tenant: Microsoft
Partners: Aker, Nvidia
Capacity: 230 MW, ambition to add 290 MW
Chips: NVIDIA Rubin (30,000 for Microsoft)
Power: Hydropower
Location: Narvik, Norway · Cloud regions nearby
Announced: Jul 31, 2025
Target online: 2026
Program: Stargate

History

Append-only, newest first

Date	Change	Source
Apr 15, 2026	Tenant openai to MicrosoftOpenAI did not conclude an offtake deal; Microsoft takes the capacitySource	CNBC
Jul 31, 2025	AnnouncedSource	OpenAI

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Sources and links

OpenAI: Introducing Stargate Norway · OpenAI · Jul 31, 2025
CNBC: OpenAI pulls back from Stargate Norway as Microsoft takes over · CNBC · Apr 15, 2026
DCD: Microsoft contracts 30,000 GPUs from Nscale at Norway data center · DCD · Apr 15, 2026

Across fru.dev: Nscale on Companies, Microsoft on Partnerships, Nvidia on Partnerships, cloud regions on Regions.

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