Microsoft recently unveiled plans to invest $10 Billion on an AI data centre in Portugal as part of a expanding its compute infrastructure. This move follows a wave of AI spending that the organisation has focused on.
Bloomberg reported the new data centre in Sines, Portugal is being developed with UK-based AI startup Nscale and Portuguese developer Start Campus.
A representative from Start Campus told the news agency the $10 billion investment lines up with ongoing discussion about the next phase of development after it opened the first of six planned buildings in March.
In October, Nscale expanded a deal with Microsoft to supply the technology giant with 200,000 Nvidia GPUs in what it stated was one of the largest AI contracts signed to date. The deal included delivering Nvidia GB300 GPUs to the Sines data centre.
Earlier this month, Microsoft continued its quest to secure more compute capacity for AI services by striking a $9.7 billion deal with Australia-based data centre company IREN.
To meet the surging demand for AI services, the tech giant also agreed a data centre deal with United Arab Emirates-based G42.
Source: Mobile World Live
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