Introducing Stargate Norway
OpenAI News我们即将启动Stargate Norway——OpenAI在欧洲的首个AI数据中心项目，隶属于我们的“OpenAI for Countries”计划（https://openai.com/global-affairs/openai-for-countries/）。Stargate是OpenAI的整体基础设施平台，是我们长期愿景的重要组成部分，旨在将AI的益处惠及每一个人。
AI是一项基础性技术，能够提升生产力、推动经济增长并催生新兴产业。欧洲的大规模计算能力将有助于确保这一变革惠及包括挪威及欧洲的开发者、研究人员、科学家和初创企业在内的各类人群和社区。
在整个欧洲大陆，每天有数百万人和企业使用ChatGPT及我们的API。仅在挪威，过去一年中每周活跃的ChatGPT用户数量已增长四倍——其中大多数年龄在35岁以下，且包括数千名本地开发者。
Stargate Norway的合作伙伴包括Nscale——一家在欧洲和北美拥有丰富云基础设施交付经验的领先AI基础设施提供商，以及拥有百年能源和工业传统的Aker。该数据中心将由Nscale设计和建设，预计由Nscale和Aker各占50%的合资企业所有。关于该合资企业的更多细节及Nscale和Aker为动员建设资源所采取的步骤，请参见此处（新窗口打开）（https://www.akerasa.com/media/news?page=/en/press/nscale-aker-and-openai-establish-stargate-norway-100000-nvidia-gpu-ai-gigafactory-powered）。
Stargate Norway计划提供230兆瓦的计算能力，并有意在未来扩展额外的290兆瓦。该设施目标是在2026年底前交付10万块NVIDIA GPU，并计划在未来几年大幅扩展。OpenAI欢迎作为初始用户参与，并可根据“OpenAI for Countries”计划逐步扩大使用规模。
这是迄今为止欧洲最具雄心的AI基础设施投资之一。纳尔维克丰富的水电资源、低成本能源、凉爽气候和成熟的工业基础，使其成为提供大规模、可持续AI计算能力的理想地点。
该设施将完全使用可再生能源，并预计采用闭环直达芯片液冷技术，以确保最高的冷却效率。此外，GPU系统产生的余热将被用于支持该地区的低碳企业。
Aker和Nscale还将努力为挪威的AI生态系统提供优先访问权，确保本土AI初创企业和科学研究人员能够受益于额外的计算能力。剩余的计算资源将向英国、北欧及北欧地区的公共和私营部门用户开放，以满足区域需求并加速欧洲AI生态系统的发展。
在挪威期间，OpenAI还将与政府官员合作，探索合作机会，包括推动AI的采用，助力实现挪威的主权AI目标，造福其人民。
Stargate Norway继今年早些时候推出的Stargate UAE（https://openai.com/index/introducing-stargate-uae/）之后，体现了我们与全球各国政府及工业领袖日益增长的合作关系，包括欧洲。我们最近与英国政府签署了谅解备忘录（https://openai.com/global-affairs/openai-and-uk-government-partnership/），以加速AI的采用并探索加强必要基础设施的途径；与爱沙尼亚政府达成合作（https://openai.com/index/estonia-schools-and-chatgpt/），将在中学推广ChatGPT；并且我们最近已提交意向书，申请加入欧盟AI超级工厂计划下的联盟。这些项目处于早期阶段，但有潜力推动欧洲的未来发展并提供主权计算能力。
We’re launching Stargate Norway—OpenAI’s first AI data center initiative in Europe under our OpenAI for Countries program. Stargate is OpenAI’s overarching infrastructure platform and is a critical part of our long-term vision to deliver the benefits of AI to everyone.
AI is a foundational technology that can boost productivity, drive economic growth, and power new industries. Large-scale compute capacity in Europe will help ensure that this transformation benefits people and communities including developers, researchers, scientists, and startups across Norway and Europe.
Across the continent, millions of people and businesses use ChatGPT and our API every day. In Norway alone, the number of weekly active ChatGPT users has quadrupled in the past year—most of them under 35—and includes thousands of local developers.
Stargate Norway partners include Nscale, a leading AI infrastructure provider with experience delivering cloud infrastructure across Europe and North America, and Aker, with its century-long legacy in energy and industry. The site will be designed and built by Nscale and is expected to be owned by a 50/50 joint venture between Nscale and Aker. More details on the JV and steps by Nscale and Aker to mobilize resources for construction here.
Stargate Norway is planned to deliver 230MW of capacity, with ambitions to expand by an additional 290MW. The facility will target to deliver 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs by the end of 2026, with the intention to expand significantly in the years ahead. OpenAI welcomes the opportunity to be an initial offtaker with the option to scale over time under the OpenAI for Countries program.
This is one of the most ambitious AI infrastructure investments in Europe to date. Narvik’s abundant hydropower, low-cost energy, cool climate, and mature industrial base make it an ideal location to deliver large-scale, sustainable AI capacity.
The facility will run entirely on renewable power and is expected to incorporate closed-loop, direct-to-chip liquid cooling to ensure maximum cooling efficiency. Additionally, excess heat from the GPU systems will be made available to support low-carbon enterprises in the region.
Aker and Nscale will also work to provide priority access to Norway’s AI ecosystem, ensuring homegrown AI start-ups and scientific researchers can benefit from the additional compute capacity. Surplus capacity will be made available to public and private sector users across the UK, Nordics and Northern Europe, serving regional demand and accelerating the development of Europe’s AI ecosystem.
While in Norway, OpenAI will also engage with government officials to explore opportunities for collaboration, including boosting AI adoption and helping to deliver on Norway’s sovereign AI goals for the benefit of its people.
Stargate Norway follows the launch of Stargate UAE earlier this year and reflects our growing partnerships with governments and industrial leaders around the world including in Europe. We recently signed an MOU with the UK Government to accelerate AI adoption and explore ways to bolster the necessary infrastructure, agreed a partnership with the Government of Estonia to deploy ChatGPT across secondary schools, and we’ve recently submitted Expressions of Interest to join consortiums under the EU’s AI Gigafactories initiative. These projects are early-stage but they have the potential to power Europe’s future and provide sovereign compute capacity.
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