A data center is planned at the Breivegen business area in Sør-Fron municipality, in the Gudbrandsdalen valley of central Norway, developed by a Norwegian company that builds and operates facilities powered by local renewable hydropower. An earlier proposed location on a former school and childcare site was rejected after strong local opposition, and the municipality then assembled a new site combining land from several owners, acting as coordinator for the group. In mid 2026, the municipality authorized a negotiation committee to agree terms with the developer for the sale, with any final agreement to return for political approval before signing. The proposed terms include a multi-year purchase option, a long-term local employment guarantee, developer-funded rezoning, and planned use of surplus heat.
Fossefall is a newly established, ambitious Nordic company dedicated to transforming clean energy into Europe's Artificial Intelligence (AI) backbone. The company specializes in building AI factories—next-generation infrastructure designed from the ground up for real computation and innovation, rather than traditional data storage.
These AI factories produce, scale, and secure intelligence on Nordic ground, emphasizing efficiency, scalability, and sustainability through purpose-built designs for power, cooling, and connectivity.
Backed by a team of experienced founders, industry experts, and long-term investors, Fossefall represents a new industrial era: digital, renewable, and intelligent. Anchored in stable democracies and powered by renewable energy, the company ensures that sovereignty and sustainability go hand in hand. Fossefall leverages the force of water, converting hydropower into compute capacity and progress for Europe.
August 31, 2026 Norway
AI data center developer Exascale Labs has partnered with energy storage firm EnergyBank to explore AI data centers powered by floating offshore wind and long-duration battery storage. Under a non-binding MoU, the companies will develop an initial pilot with Zephyros-One, a 2.3MW floating wind...
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August 29, 2026 Fossefall
Fossefall has partnered with Armada to deploy modular AI data centers across the Nordic region. The company will deploy five of Armada’s Leviathan modular data centers, providing a combined 9MW of capacity by Q1 2027. The partnership covers Norway, Sweden, and Finland, with the initial contract...
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August 11, 2026 Norway
European data center firm Magnora plans to develop a new facility in Oslo, Norway. Euronext Oslo-listed Magnora Data Center has formed a 50:50 joint venture with Blix Group AS and acquired a commercial property near Oslo for conversion into an AI data center. The site, formerly used by the...
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March 20, 2026 Norway
Battery and solar panel maker T1 Energy has obtained 50MW of capacity for a Norwegian site originally intended for battery cell production, now planned as a data center. The company announced this week that Norway’s national grid operator, Statnett, has allocated 50MW of power to T1 Energy’s...
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March 14, 2026 Norway
Investment firm 3i Infrastructure has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Norway’s Lefdal Mine Datacenter (LMD). Announced this week, 3i plans to invest €300 million ($347.3 million) in the deal, which is expected to close in summer 2026.The data center company is being acquired from a fund...
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