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Norwegian telco Telenor has built the country’s first 'AI factory', powered by Nvidia GPUs.
Opened in November, the company said the facility enables organizations to process sensitive data securely in Norway whilst also advancing Telenor’s sustainability goals.
AI factory is a broad term for a HPC system. Further details weren't shared.
Telenor announced a partnership with Nvidia last year; the telco was set to "become a sovereign AI cloud partner" of Nvidia, develop a green AI center for the Nordics, and offer AI solutions based on Nvidia hardware.
Hilsen did not provide any information about the clusters deployed at the factory but said Telenor is also planning to build a data center in Oslo that will run on renewable energy and repurpose excess heat for district heating in nearby residential buildings.
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