GreenScale publicizes the acquisition of Tonstad DataPark, its latest knowledge centre improvement. Positioned within the municipality of Sirdal in West Agder County (NO2), Norway, Tonstad DataPark spans a 420,000 sq. metre web site with 300MVA of grid capability, accredited by Glitre Nett and Statnett – making it the biggest knowledge centre improvement of its form in Norway. The campus is deliberate as a 4 knowledge centre improvement, with an anticipated funding of over €2.5 billion, and first capability focused for 2027.
Positioned inside one in every of Europe’s largest mills of wholesale inexperienced power, Tonstad DataPark advantages from Norway’s nationwide power manufacturing, which comes from virtually 100% renewable sources, primarily hydropower and wind. This thrilling new improvement will allow GreenScale to ship a large-scale campus purpose-built for HPC, hyperscale, cloud, and AI workloads, providing prospects a few of Europe’s best power prices. On the identical time, it reinforces GreenScale’s dedication to grid stability, renewable power use, and delivering significant advantages to the local people.
“After 5 years in improvement, we’re delighted that GreenScale is realising the thrilling imaginative and prescient for Tonstad DataPark.” says Tore Knapskog, CEO of Tonstad DataPark. “We selected to work with DTCP and GreenScale as they gave us full confidence in having the ability to ship – from securing the ability, the land and finally constructing a sustainable knowledge centre campus. The final 12 months have been a very collaborative partnership – one constructed on belief and talent.”
“This newest chapter in our brief however outstanding story is a giant step ahead for us and the viability of utilizing different or renewable power sources for Hyperscale and AI-ready knowledge centres as an entire, whereas bringing a brand new 300MVA campus to the market in a really nicely developed area for purchasers in Europe” says Dan Thomas, Chief Government Officer at GreenScale. “With each side of this facility oriented in direction of supporting buyer necessities for community, compute and high-density workloads, it was essential for us to develop in a area with excessive ranges of power stability, different and renewable sources of energy, and on the identical time guarantee a sustainable financial improvement.”
As developer and operator, GreenScale’s acquisition of Tonstad DataPark represents a key step ahead within the firm’s bid to advertise sustainable design and accountable land use. With easy accessibility to scrub power, this new facility will present world prospects with a European presence powered by wealthy and sustainable power at scale.
Zahl Limbuwala, Working Associate, DTCP:
“The Tonstad DataPark acquisition follows over a 12 months of collaboration with Tore and his group to safe a major quantity of grid capability and land inside this well-established knowledge centre market. Tonstad DataPark’s campus location follows DTCP’s authentic funding thesis behind
GreenScale, being the institution of large-scale campus improvement with long-term entry to renewable power technology located subsequent to present extremely resilient transmission grid infrastructure.”
The transaction is topic to remaining customary closing circumstances.
