Bitdeer Technologies Group (Nasdaq: BTDR) subsidiary Tydal Data Center AS (TDC) has signed a construction contract with Data Center Installations AS (DCI) to repurpose its facility in Tydal, Norway, into an 180-megawatt (MW) artificial intelligence (AI) data center, targeting completion by December 2026.
Project Scope and Scale
The facility, located in the Kirkvollen industrial area in Trøndelag county, will have a gross capacity of 180 MW and will be configured primarily for AI co-location services built around Nvidia's Vera Rubin GPU architecture, following Nvidia's reference design. User installations are planned to begin after completion. If delivered on schedule, the Tydal site will become the largest operational AI data center in Norway and rank among the largest in Europe by installed capacity.
Sustainable Design and Local Value
The facility already operates on 100% carbon-free hydropower and employs immersion cooling. Excess heat generated on site will be redirected to support food production on an adjacent plot. Haakon Bryhni, Chairman and Co-founder of TDC, called the Tydal conversion “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 while creating local economic value.
Partners and Execution
DCI, a Norwegian contractor specializing in critical infrastructure and part of Sparc Group AB since 2025, will manage the project from end to end, including design, planning, installation, testing, commissioning, and ongoing maintenance. DCI co-founder Bjørn Arve Olsen noted that the contract represents “a significant milestone for DCI, both financially and operationally,” citing the project's scale and embedded cost and schedule controls in the delivery model.
Bitdeer, headquartered in Singapore, operates data centers across the U.S., Norway, Bhutan, and Ethiopia, with a business model encompassing Bitcoin mining and high-performance AI computing infrastructure. DCI's parent company, Sparc Group AB, is a Swedish installation firm with over 1,000 employees operating in HVAC, electrical, infrastructure, and security sectors in Sweden and Norway.
Timeline and Market Impact
Bitdeer accelerated the Tydal site pivot from Bitcoin mining to AI infrastructure throughout 2025 and into 2026, ordering long-lead equipment and advancing design work ahead of the contract award. The project gives Bitdeer a dedicated European AI co-location hub powered by renewable energy at a time when demand for high-density GPU data center capacity continues to pressure available supply across the continent. Norway's cheap hydropower and existing data center infrastructure have attracted sustained attention from hyperscale and AI compute operators seeking carbon-aligned capacity at scale.