Updated Jul. 15, 2026

Start Campus Sines Data Campus

Sines, Setúbal, Portugal

Start Campus Sines Data Campus is an operational AI data center hosting an estimated 32k H100-equivalent chips, scaling toward a projected 472k H100-equivalent chips — supported by 33 MW of IT power, rising to 233 MW — at a capital cost of $1.3 B, rising to $8.8 B. We estimate that it uses Nvidia B300 chips. The timeline of IT power and compute capacity is based on satellite imagery, our cooling equipment power model, and company disclosures. The first operational building at this Portuguese campus is already supporting Microsoft, with the full six-building site planned to reach 1.2 GW by 2030.

OWNER Nscale STATUS Operational USER Microsoft
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Satellite view of Start Campus Sines Data Campus

Satellite imagery

Latest: Apr. 3, 2026 · 1 high-res images
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Scale & specifications

CURRENT COMPUTE

32k H100-eq

6.30e19 8-bit OP/s

PROJECTED

472k H100-eq

9.35e20 8-bit OP/s

CURRENT IT POWER

33 MW

PROJECTED IT POWER

233 MW

CURRENT COST

$1.3 B

PROJECTED COST

$8.8 B

HardwareNvidia B300

CoolingEvaporative cooling tower, Air-cooled chiller

Buildout

Jan 1, 20220K H100e
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Jan 1, 2022
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Land clearing begins for Building 1 (SIN01)

Oct 31, 2024
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Building 1 (SIN01) is completed, but at this point it likely not being used for AI as the collaboration with Microsoft that resulted in GB300s did not occur until Q1 2026. The completion is based both on satellite imagery, which shows the building fully completed, and a March 2025 article that says it "has been in operation since October", which is October of 2024.

Apr 3, 2026
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Building 1 (SIN01) operational for AI, with the first deployment of 12,600 Nvidia GB300 NVL72s to the site being reported completed "Q1 2026" based on the corporate announcement. Land clearing also begins for Building 2 (SIN02), with faint dirt outlines for roads and building foundations visible.

Compute
32kH100-eq
IT Power
33MW
Cost
$1.3B
Sep 30, 2027
Projected
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Building 2 (SIN02) projected to be operational. This is based on the timeline provided in the factsheet for the site. We expect VR200 GPUs to be used as a lot of those chips will have already been available in September 2027, and the "up to 600kW racks" in the factsheet suggest they are aiming for this.

Compute
472kH100-eq
IT Power
233MW
Cost
$8.8B

Sources

  1. Website for the site
  2. Factsheet for the full site
  3. Article detailing Microsoft collaboration and GPU amounts

Read more about our methodology.