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.

OpenAI has agreed to be an anchor customer for a new data center in Norway, the first European site for the artificial intelligence company’s Stargate infrastructure effort.

Combined, Stargate sites will soon total more than 5 GW of capacity, supporting over 2 million chips to meet growing AI computing needs. Oracle recently began delivering Nvidia GB200 racks to the Texas site,