Inside the AI boom's Arctic outpost
- Jun 8
- 1 min read
TIME — Perhaps no data center’s location is as unexpected as this one. The small Norwegian municipality of Narvik is an old Viking port high above the Arctic Circle, shrouded in frigid darkness for much of the winter because of the earth’s axial tilt.
In March, TIME was granted an exclusive tour of the site, which is one of the biggest AI data-center projects in Europe, as well as the northernmost in the world.
“You picked one of the worst days this year to come,” says Lund, the site’s manager. For months, the biggest nuisance has been snow. Giant piles flecked with gravel sit unmelted as reminders of one of the coldest winters in recent memory. But today, with the temperature hovering just above freezing, the problem is rain.
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