Bitdeer targets European AI data center market
Tydal Data Center AS (TDC), a subsidiary of Little deer Technologies Group (Nasdaq: BTDR), contracted Data Center Installations AS (DCI) on March 30 to design and build the expanded facility at the Kirkvollen industrial site in Tydal Municipality, Trøndelag County, Norway.
DCI, a Norwegian critical infrastructure contractor and part of Sparc Group AB since 2025, will manage the project end-to-end, covering design, planning, installation, testing, commissioning and ongoing maintenance.
The 180 MW gross capacity facility is configured primarily for AI co-location services built around Nvidia’s Vera Rubin GPU architecture, following Nvidia’s reference design. Customer installations are expected to begin once completed.
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 installation already consumes 100% carbon hydroelectric power and uses immersion cooling. Excess heat generated on site will be routed to support food production on a neighboring property.
Haakon Bryhni, president and co-founder of TDC, said the Tydal conversion is “the cornerstone of Bitdeer’s global strategy to meet the explosive demand for AI data centers.” He described the project as providing sustainable, capital-efficient growth as well as local economic value.
Bjørn Arve Olsen, co-founder of DCI, said the contract represents “an important milestone for DCI, both financially and operationally,” citing the scale of the project and the delivery model’s built-in cost and schedule controls.
Bitdeer has been advancing the Tydal site pivot since bitcoin mining has AI infrastructure through 2025 and through 2026, placing long-term equipment orders and advancing design work prior to award of this contract.
Bitdeer, headquartered in Singapore, operates data centers in the United States, Norway, Bhutanand Ethiopia, with an economic model that extends bitcoin mining and high-performance AI computing infrastructure.
DCI’s parent company, Sparc Group AB, is a Swedish installation company with over 1,000 employees operating in the HVAC, electrical, infrastructure and security industries in Suede and Norway.
Tydal project gives Bitdeer dedicated space European An AI colocation hub powered by renewable energy at a time when demand for GPU-heavy data center capacity continues to pressure available supply across the continent.
Norway’s low-cost hydropower and existing data center infrastructure have attracted sustained attention from large-scale computing and AI operators seeking carbon-compliant large-scale capacity.
FAQs 🔎
- What is Bitdeer Tydal AI Data Center? This is a 180 MW facility located in Tydal, Norway, currently being converted Bitcoin mining AI co-location capability infrastructure for Nvidia Vera Rubin workloads.
- Who builds the Tydal data center? Data Center Installations AS (DCI), a Norwegian contractor and subsidiary of Sparc Group AB, is responsible for the design, construction and commissioning.
- When will the Norwegian AI data center be completed? Bitdeer is expected to be completed as early as December 2026, with customer installations to follow.
- What makes the Tydal installation sustainable? The site runs on 100% carbon-free hydroelectric power and will reuse excess heat for food production on an adjacent property.
