Bitdeer’s Norwegian subsidiary signed a construction agreement with DCI to convert its Tydal facility into a 180-megawatt artificial intelligence (AI) data center targeting completion by December 2026.
Bitdeer Targets Europe AI Data Center MarketDCI, a Norwegian contractor specializing in critical infrastructure and part of Sparc Group AB since 2025, will manage the project end-to-end, covering design, planning, installation, testing, commissioning, and ongoing maintenance.
The 180 MW gross capacity facility is being configured primarily for AI co-location services built around Nvidia’s Vera Rubin GPU architecture, following Nvidia’s reference design. Customer installations are scheduled to begin after completion.
If delivered on schedule, the Tydal site will become Norway’s largest operational AI data center and rank among the largest in Europe by installed capacity.
Haakon Bryhni, chairman and co-founder of TDC, said the Tydal conversion is “a cornerstone of Bitdeer’s global strategy to meet the explosive demand for AI data centers.” He described the project as delivering sustainable, capital-efficient growth alongside local economic value.
Bjørn Arve Olsen, co-founder at DCI, said the contract represents “a significant milestone for DCI, both financially and operationally,” citing the project’s scale and the execution model’s built-in cost and schedule controls.
Norway’s low-cost hydro power and existing data center infrastructure have drawn sustained attention from hyperscale and AI compute operators seeking carbon-compliant capacity at scale.
FAQ What is the Bitdeer Tydal AI data center? It is a 180 MW facility in Tydal, Norway, being converted from Bitcoin mining infrastructure into AI co-location capacity for Nvidia Vera Rubin workloads. Who is building the Tydal data center? Data Center Installations AS (DCI), a Norwegian contractor and subsidiary of Sparc Group AB, is handling design, construction, and commissioning. When will the Norway AI data center be completed? Bitdeer targets completion as early as December 2026, with customer installations to follow. What makes the Tydal facility sustainable? The site runs on 100% carbon-free hydroelectric power and will repurpose excess heat for food production on an adjacent property.
