Dell joins Microsoft and Nscale on hyperscale AI capacity

Nscale has signed an expanded deal with Microsoft to deliver about 200,000 NVIDIA GB300 GPUs across Europe and the US, with Dell collaborating. The company calls it one of the largest AI infrastructure contracts to date. The build-out targets surging enterprise demand for GPU capacity.

A ~240MW hyperscale AI campus in Texas, US, will host roughly 104,000 GB300s from Q3 2026, leased from Ionic Digital. Nscale plans to scale the site to 1.2GW, with Microsoft holding an option on a second 700MW phase from late 2027. The campus is optimised for air-cooled, power-efficient deployments.

In Europe, Nscale will deploy about 12,600 GB300s from Q1 2026 at Start Campus in Sines, Portugal, supporting sovereign AI needs within the EU. A separate UK facility at Loughton will house around 23,000 GB300s from Q1 2027. The 50MW site is scalable to 90MW to support Azure services.

A Norway programme also advances Aker-Nscale’s joint venture plans for about 52,000 GB300s at Narvik, along with Nscale’s GW+ greenfield sites and orchestration for target training, fine-tuning, and inference at scale. Microsoft emphasises sustainability and global availability.

Both firms cast the pact as deepening transatlantic tech ties and accelerating the rollout of next-gen AI services. Nscale says few providers can deploy GPU fleets at this pace. The roadmap points to sovereign-grade, multi-region capacity with lower-latency platforms.

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