US EditionMicrosoft, Google Reveal $16bn-Plus European AI Data Centre Deals
Microsoft plans a $10 billion AI data centre in Portugal with 12,600 Nvidia GPUs; Google commits €5.5 billion for German centres supporting 9,000 jobs annually.
- On Tuesday, Microsoft and Google pledged more than $16b for European AI data centres, with Microsoft investing $10b in Portugal and Google $6.3b in Germany.
- Facing surging compute demand, analysts say cloud and AI providers are racing to expand data centres, with Nscale's Daniel Bathurst calling recent demand `quite crazy` and a 'race against time'.
- Microsoft will outfit the Sines site with 12,600 Nvidia GB300 GPUs at the 1.2GW Sines site, powered by 100pc renewable energy and cooled by seawater.
- Google said the plans will contribute more than $6.3 billion to local GDP and support around 9000 jobs annually, with investments to be made by 2029, according to Google.
- By partnering with local firms, Microsoft said alliances with Nscale, Nvidia and Start Campus help position Portugal as an AI hub, while Lars Klingbeil and Philipp Justus said Google’s spending is a future‑proof investment.
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The US technology giants Microsoft, Google and Meta are competing for the creation of new data centers to meet the performance needs of their large AI models, investing billions in Europe – and renting large-scale capacities. A mega project exists in Portugal: Microsoft plans to invest ten billion dollars (86 billion euros) in the AI infrastructure of a data center in Portugal in the coming years. In the port city of Sines south of Lisbon, the U…
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