OpenAI said the new Norway-based data center comes as the European Union races to achieve AI sovereignty by investing in data center and compute power.

OpenAI launches Stargate Norway – First European AI data center under OpenAI for Countries, targeting 230MW with plans to double capacity. Local AI access prioritized – Norway’s startups and scientists to get preferred compute access; excess capacity offered across Northern Europe.

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.