Post by Paul Higginson

BREAKING: NVIDIA’s next-gen AI chips land in Portugal 🇵🇹⚡ Start Campus, in partnership with Nscale (a European-native AI infra platform), has announced the first and largest deployment of NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GB300 GPUs in the EU - powering Microsoft’s next-generation AI workloads. The 12,600 GPUs will go live in Q1 2026 at Start Campus' SIN01 facility in Sines, Portugal - now at full capacity and already expanding. Key highlights: 📊 First NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GB300 GPUs deployment in the EU 📊 Powered by 100% renewable energy + ocean-based cooling 📊 Built for ultra-dense AI workloads (130kW+ rack density) 📊 Expansion underway - next up: the 180 MW SIN02 build Robert Dunn, CEO at Start Campus shares: “This is a defining moment for Start Campus. SIN01 is now at full capacity and expanding, proving SINES is ready for next-gen AI workloads.” 🧲 With a rare combo of clean energy and global subsea cable connectivity, Portugal is fast becoming an AI infrastructure magnet. As Josh Payne, Founder & CEO of Nscale, puts it: “Compute has become the new economic infrastructure.” BIG MOVES for Portugal - now firmly on the map of Europe’s AI infrastructure economy: sovereign, sustainable, and globally connected. Congrats to all teams involved - exciting times ahead. LETS GO 🙌 🇪🇺 #ecosystemnews