Europe’s race to build sovereign AI infrastructure has a new contender as SWI Compute prepares a network of NVIDIA-powered AI factories, beginning with a major UK deployment.
The company, launched by Euronext Amsterdam-listed SWI Group, plans to bring its first large-scale UK facility online by the end of 2027. The initial 30-megawatt installation will feature nearly 7,000 NVIDIA Rubin GPUs and 3,500 Vera CPUs, with the wider campus designed to expand to 530 megawatts.
SWI Compute is targeting 2.3 gigawatts of AI factory capacity by 2029, drawing on power access secured by its parent company over six years.
Its European footprint includes campuses in Ireland, Britain, Denmark, Spain and Italy. These sites could provide regional AI developers and enterprises with computing capacity closer to their data and customers, reducing dependence on infrastructure outside Europe.
The company says it has ordered approximately US$1 billion in NVIDIA systems and signed initial customer contracts, including an agreement with a US-based AI inference provider.
“Energy availability represents the primary bottleneck facing European AI infrastructure,” said SWI Compute CEO Halil Mirakhmedov.
The company became an NVIDIA Preferred Cloud Partner in August and intends to adopt NVIDIA’s DSX AI Factory architecture for future deployments.
However, its expansion depends on converting secured power capacity into operational computing facilities, an increasingly difficult challenge as European grids face growing demand.
The UK project will provide an early test of whether control over electricity connections can translate into a competitive advantage in Europe’s AI infrastructure market.
