Microsoft rents Narvik nScale capacity, deploys 30,000 NVIDIA chips
Microsoft just agreed to rent capacity at an Nscale campus in Narvik, Norway, a site initially intended for OpenAI and marketed as "Stargate Norway."
Now, Microsoft will fill it with 30,000 NVIDIA Vera Rubin chips as part of its $6.2 billion Arctic Circle investment spree.
Meanwhile, OpenAI has paused its Stargate plans in the UK because energy and regulatory costs got too high.
OpenAI rethinks $600 billion infrastructure plan
OpenAI is rethinking its infrastructure game after telling investors it would spend about $600 billion on infrastructure by 2030 and missing out on the Narvik site.
While they hunt for new options in Norway, Microsoft is moving fast, snapping up capacity through deals like this one to keep up with exploding demand for AI and cloud services.
The race to build smarter tech just keeps heating up.