Nscale

London-based Nscale builds data centers purpose-designed for AI workloads, pitching itself as the sovereign European alternative for large-scale AI compute. It operates major GPU campuses - including a large site in Narvik, Norway - and counts Microsoft and OpenAI among its anchor customers. In early 2026 it raised what was described as the largest AI-infrastructure round in European history, underscoring how central compute has become to the continent's AI ambitions. The strategy taps directly into European demand for AI capacity that governments and enterprises can control.