The first entry is always the pin's source. Overall confidence is a weighted average of how firmly each reference supports the start and end times used above; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newest.
The saved date is an estimated tracking or capacity-trajectory marker, not a verified exact opening day. Construction status follows the cited dated physical scope; no completion is inferred from elapsed targets.
Construction research 2026-10-24: Epoch’s[1] 2026-07-05 observation documents remaining physical construction/installation for this named buildout. In Progress does not complete earlier operating buildings or future capacity. Power and accelerator counts remain Epoch estimates, not an operator-certified rating. Modeled 2025-dollar capital costs include compute hardware and are not a source-native construction budget. Source quote: “Construction equipment present all around site.” Dated observation 2026-07-05; future trajectory rows and modeled costs are distinguished from this physical milestone.
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| Building 1 cooling looks complete. Backup generator install continues adjacent to B1. Building 2 cooling install continues. Backup generator concrete pads are there, but no equipment install visible. |
| 2026-12-31 | We believe Buildings 1 and 2 will be fully operational by the end of H2 2026 |
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Epoch AI satellite-imagery notes, in date order. · source
Physical-stage observation dated 2026-07-05. Campus buildout remains under construction; already operating buildings do not complete the remaining work. Forecast operational dates retain the directory’s uncertainty and do not establish actual completion.
“Construction equipment present all around site.”
Epoch’s dated 2026-07-05 assessment: Construction equipment present all around site. Campus buildout remains under construction; already operating buildings do not complete the remaining work.
“Construction equipment present all around site.”
AI data-center compute infrastructure. Hardware inventory remains unpublished or not verified in this project assessment.
“AI data center”
Epoch dated observation: Land clearing and site prep begins at least as early as July 2023.
“Land clearing and site prep begins at least as early as July 2023.”
Epoch assessment: Building 1 cooling looks complete.
“Building 1 cooling looks complete.”
Microsoft Narvik Norway in Bjerkvik, Narvik, Norway is a frontier AI data center campus operated by Nscale / Microsoft reaching 92 MW of power capacity and 265,285 H100-equivalent AI accelerators. The data center campus will use local hydropower with electricity costs of 4 to 5 cents per unit versus up to 10 cents in other parts of Europe.
Epoch’s 2026-07-05 observation documents remaining physical construction/installation for this named buildout. In Progress does not complete earlier operating buildings or future capacity. Power and accelerator counts remain Epoch estimates, not an operator-certified rating. Modeled 2025-dollar capital costs include compute hardware and are not a source-native construction budget.