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I do not understand why they chose Norway. I would choose a country where it is easy to build up a new power plant quickly with solar and wind, close to the site of the data center. Maybe they just have too much electricity up there that is not needed by the population or existing industry?
I understand why they didn’t choose Germany: they didn’t want to buy the GPUs in cash and send the receipts via Fax.
I do not understand why they chose Norway. I would choose a country where it is easy to build up a new power plant quickly with solar and wind, close to the site of the data center. Maybe they just have too much electricity up there that is not needed by the population or existing industry?
North Norwegians will finally experience higher electricity prices like us in the south experience since a few years.
If this doesn't require chevrons to lock and connect to remote gate through a wormhole, they can't call it Stargate. That's just lying otherwise
I assume many who work at OpenAI have seen Pantheon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheon_(TV_series)
I assume people at OpenAI take inspiration from dystopian SciFi (like 'Her')
So another major bidder for electricity in my area comes online. Not looking forward to the invoices next winter…
Tariffs will make it even worse, with prices the utilities have to pay for infrastructure shooting higher.
I've heard the limiting factor right now for some DCs is the lack of electrical equipment(transformers, cabling, etc).
Norwegian news seem to think this is a semiconductor manufacturing plant.
«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.»
Makes it sound both like a power plant and a semiconductor factory..
So another major bidder for electricity in my area comes online. Not looking forward to the invoices next winter…
Norway doesn't want Stargate. Go away