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Microsoft commits USD 10 billion to AI data hub in Sines, Portugal

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.

Reported Editor-read Data Center Dynamics, 11 November 2025

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.

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