Bitdeer’s Norwegian subsidiary has signed a construction contract with DCI to convert the Tidal facility into a 180-megawatt artificial intelligence (AI) data center, with completion expected by December 2026.
Bitdeer aims to capture European AI data center market
Tydal Data Center AS (TDC), a subsidiary of Bitdeer Technologies Group (Nasdaq: BTDR), on March 30 signed a contract with Data Center Installations AS (DCI) to design and construct an expansion facility at the Kirkvollen industrial site in Tydal, Trøndelag County, Norway.
DCI, a Norwegian contractor specializing in critical infrastructure and part of Sparc Group AB since 2025, will manage projects end-to-end, covering design, planning, installation, testing, commissioning and ongoing maintenance.
With a total capacity of 180 MW, the facility is primarily configured for AI colocation services built around Nvidia’s Vera Rubin GPU architecture, according to Nvidia’s reference design. Customer installation will begin upon completion.
If delivered on time, the Tydal site will become Norway’s largest operational AI data center and rank among the largest in Europe in terms of installed capacity.
The facility is already powered by 100% carbon-free hydroelectric power and uses immersion cooling. Excess heat generated on site is channeled to support food production on adjacent sites.
Haakon Bryhni, chairman and co-founder of TDC, said Tydal’s transformation is “a cornerstone of Bitdeer’s global strategy to meet the explosive demand for AI data centers.” He described the project as delivering sustainable and capital efficient growth with economic value for the region.
DCI co-founder Björn Alve Olsen said the contract was “an important milestone for DCI, both financially and operationally,” citing the scale of the project and the cost and schedule controls built into the execution model.
Bitdeer is pivoting its Tydal site from Bitcoin mining to AI infrastructure from 2025 to 2026, and is ordering long-lead equipment and progressing design work in advance of this agreement.
Headquartered in Singapore, Bitdeer has a business model spanning Bitcoin mining and high-performance AI computing infrastructure, and operates data centers in the United States, Norway, Bhutan, and Ethiopia.
DCI’s parent company, Sparc Group AB, is a Swedish installation company with over 1,000 employees in the HVAC, electrical, infrastructure and security sectors in Sweden and Norway.
The Tydal project will provide Bitdeer with a purpose-built European AI colocation hub powered by renewable energy at a time when demand for GPU-dense data center capacity continues to strain available supply across the continent.
Norway’s low-cost hydropower and existing data center infrastructure are attracting continued attention from hyperscale and AI computing operators seeking large-scale carbon-compliant capacity.
Frequently asked questions 🔎
- What is Bitdeer Tydal AI Data Center? This is a 180 MW facility in Tidal, Norway that is being converted from Bitcoin mining infrastructure to AI colocation capacity for Nvidia Vera Rubin workloads.
- Who is building Tydal data centers? Norwegian contractor Data Center Installations AS (DCI), a subsidiary of Sparc Group AB, is responsible for the design, construction and commissioning.
- When will the Norwegian AI data center be completed? Bitdeer is targeting completion as early as December 2026, with customer installation to follow.
- What makes Tidal facilities sustainable? The facility runs on 100% carbon-free hydroelectric power, and excess heat is reused for food production on an adjacent site.
