OpenAI Abandons Direct Leasing Plan for Norway's Stargate Data Center, Transfers Project to Microsoft

Odaily News: After pausing the UK Stargate project, OpenAI announced it has abandoned its plan to directly lease computing power from the "Stargate Norway" data center in Narvik, Norway. The project was originally being built by UK AI cloud service startup Nscale, with a planned capacity of 230MW. Sources familiar with the matter stated that OpenAI had considered leasing approximately half of the facility's computing power but ultimately did not reach an agreement with Nscale. The related computing power has now been taken over by Microsoft. OpenAI stated that it is negotiating with Microsoft to access Norwegian computing resources through its cloud services, a move that is more financially aligned with its existing expenditure arrangements. (CNBC)