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# Microsoft commits USD 10 billion to AI data hub in Sines, Portugal
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-11-11-microsoft-portugal-10bn-ai-datahub/
- Published: 2025-11-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-11T16:00:38.000Z
- Description: Microsoft president Brad Smith announced a USD 10 billion investment at the Start Campus data centre in Sines, Portugal, bringing 12,600 Nvidia Blackwell Ultra GPUs installed with Nscale. The plan is part of Microsoft's wider European capacity expansion.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [Data Center Dynamics, 11 November 2025](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/microsoft-to-spend-10bn-on-ai-data-centers-in-portugal/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that the GPUs have been delivered or that the Sines site is yet operating at this capacity.

**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 2026-10-11\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)