Nscale to Deliver 66,000+ NVIDIA Rubin GPUs to Microsoft at Start Campus’ Site in Portugal | Press Release | Nscale

Nscale’s NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 deployment is one of the largest in the EU, supporting Microsoft’s European customers with frontier AI capabilities

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM— 5 May 2026 — Nscale is announcing an expansion of its collaboration with Microsoft and Start Campus with 66,000+ NVIDIA Rubin GPUs, starting in late 2027. This agreement builds on the deployment of over 12,600 NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs at the first building of the SINES Data Campus for Microsoft.

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As part of the agreement, Nscale’s additional investments of €230 million in shared infrastructure and €465 million in a second 200MW building at the SINES Data Campus makes this one of the most significant AI infrastructure projects in the EU and one of the largest in Portugal to date. This agreement builds on Nscale deployments for Microsoft in Norway, the UK, and the US.

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AI infrastructure demand is set to rise sharply through 2030, constrained by the pace at which power and new capacity can come online. Start Campus, which is fully permitted for 1.2GW, provides a clear runway to meet that demand and positions Portugal as a strategic gateway for Europe’s AI economy. 

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“This partnership enables the deployment of next-generation AI compute at the scale and efficiency required for frontier workloads. Building on a proven foundation, the expanded deployment in Sines, Portugal creates one of the most advanced environments in Europe for high-density AI infrastructure. It also represents one…