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March 16, 2026

It’s not just Nscale. Here are all of Europe’s neoclouds, mapped

Europe's home to a cohort of young companies building data centres to meet the surging demand for computing power

Freya Pratty

5 min read

The AI boom has given rise to a cohort of ‘neoclouds’ — young companies building data centres to meet the surging demand for computing power.

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An Nscale data centre in Glomfjord, Norway. Credit: Nscale
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Picture of how evroc's flagship datacentre in Stockholm will look like
Picture of how evroc's flagship datacentre in Stockholm will look like
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Ruben Bryon, CEO of DataCrunch
Ruben Bryon, CEO of DataCrunch.
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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is Sifted's associate editor. She covers UK tech and leads Sifted's investigations. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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