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OpenAI scales back European AI infrastructure ambitions in Norway as Microsoft and Google expand their own data center capacity.

OpenAI scales back European AI infrastructure ambitions in Norway as Microsoft and Google expand their own data center capacity.

3 Key Points

  1. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed confidence in July 2025 about launching Stargate in Narvik, Norway, but optimism has since largely disappeared

  2. Microsoft and Google are increasingly taking over AI compute capacity, reducing OpenAI's planned European infrastructure footprint

  3. The shift reflects growing competition in the AI infrastructure space among major tech companies

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