Bitdeer taps contractor to begin conversion of Norwegian crypto mine to HPC Cryptomine data center firm Bitdeer is to convert its Norwegian mining location into an AI data center. The company this week announced its Tydal Data Center AS subsidiary has entered into an agreement with Data Center Installations AS (DCI) to convert its Norwegian cryptomine facility into an AI data center. Located within the Kirkvollen industrial site, Bitdeer said the facility plans to utilize excess heat for food production on a neighboring property. Tydal is one of two sites Bitdeer has in Norway. The company also operates an 84MW cryptomine in Molde. Previously leasing both sites, Bitdeer acquired the facilities in 2024. Plans to convert the Tydal site towards HPC were announced last year. DCI is a specialized data center contractor owned by Swedish installation group Sparc Group AB. In its own announcement, Sparc said the project was valued at around $103 million. Headquartered in Singapore, Bitdeer AI is a division of the Bitdeer Group, a cryptocurrency firm with 175,000 Bitcoin mining machines under management. The company currently has six sites in operation, including 13MW in Washington State, 37MW in Tennessee, 570MW in Ohio, and 175MW in Tydal, Norway. In total, the company claims to have 3GW of capacity under management across the US, Norway, Bhutan, and Canada. In February 2025, Bitdeer acquired a 101MW gas-fired power project in Canada in a $21.7 million deal for which it aimed to develop a 99MW Bitcoin mining site. In April that year, the firm acquired 40MW of liquid-cooled Bitcoin mining containers from Saiheat. The company also lists plans for HPC sites in Clarington (570MW) and Niles (300MW) in Ohio. The latter is currently due to go live by the end of 2028. In its February 2026 operations update, Bitdeer said it was in “advanced stages of negotiations” with potential colocation tenants for the Tydal and Clarington facilities and “various other sites.” https://lnkd.in/dXM9MWYY
