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# Crusoe leases Norwegian data centre for its first mainland Europe site
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-06-11-crusoe-polar-norway-data-centre-lease/
- Published: 2025-06-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T04:02:12.000Z
- Description: US AI cloud firm Crusoe signed a lease with Norway's Polar for a 12 megawatt hydropower fed data centre, its first in mainland Europe, with a non-binding option to expand to 52 megawatts.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [Crusoe press release, 11 June 2025](https://www.crusoe.ai/resources/newsroom/crusoe-announces-strategic-european-expansion-with-first-data-center-in?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not show the larger expansion has been contracted or that the facility has begun operating.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-20\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)