Originally posted on Data Center POST
Following more than a decade of pure speculation, GPU-powered servers are finally bombarding data centers. Considering they can consume over ten times the power required by traditional CPU-servers (and reject that much more heat), most data centers in existence are inadequate. There’s a torrent of large language model (LLM) workloads actively looking for homes and data center providers are struggling to even secure the power necessary from utilities to meet this unprecedented increase in demand.
Enter the SINES DC Project – a multi-building project in Portugal being developed by Start Campus that will be complete with innovative liquid cooling technologies to accommodate high density AI-deployments. Originally slated to deliver an already impressive 495MW of data center capacity, Start Campus announced it recently secured additional power from local transmission system operator, REN, the Portuguese transmission system operator, scaling the ultimate built-out to a game-changing 1.2GW.
With this achievement, Start Campus takes the mantle of largest and most sustainable colocation campus in Europe. This milestone marks the first major achievement orchestrated by the company’s newly appointed executive appointments, Robert Dunn as Chief Executive Officer and Luis Rodrigues as Chief Operating Officer.
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