Scale42* | Next-Generation Data Centres

WE BUILD CLEAN, GREEN
SUPERCOMPUTING
MACHINES

At Scale42* we build next-generation data centres—clean, green supercomputing machines—powered by 100% sustainable energy.

LOW-COST CLEAN ENERGY

We scour the globe for low-cost sources of clean energy—from stranded hydropower to solar, biogas or wind located away from centres of demand or awaiting grid connection.

ACCELERATED COMPUTING

We connect clean power to the latest accelerated computing hardware. We've specialised in ASIC-accelerated compute since 2018, buying servers from world-leading fabrication partners by the thousand.

NEXT-GENERATION DATA CENTRES

Highly efficient, compute-intense data centres—sustainably powered, liquid-cooled and densely packed with accelerated servers to meet the demands of the most specialised workloads such as generative AI training.

DISTRIBUTED
0.5 - 10MW

We build small, distributed data centres - containerised, modular solutions deployable via the global logistics network. They're the perfect solution where a data centre footprint might need to be scaled up or down to match changing requirements.

Modular, containerised solutions that move through global logistics networks and can be redeployed as demand shifts.

Ideal for rapidly scaling or rightsizing compute footprints while keeping utilisation and energy efficiency high.

CENTRALISED
10 - 100MW+

We also build large, centralised data centre facilities like this 60MW hyperscale project in Norway - 100% powered by clean, renewable hydroelectricity.

With static data centres we're really only limited in scale by the scope of available power and can scale to 100s of megawatts (MWs) or gigawatts (GWs).

Crucially we can also setup in remote locations, siting compute as close to power generation as is practicable - like here in the Arctic circle - where we can take advantage of 'stranded' hydropower.

LEGACY
DATA CENTRES

HIGH OPEX & CAPEX

Legacy data centres – typically built to serve consumer facing software-as-a-service applications – lock-in high CAPEX and OPEX through a focus on:

Low latency
High uptime
CPU-centric architectures

This legacy infrastructure:

Is typically located close to urban centres – locking in high land costs.
By association is often encumbered with high energy costs, in part due to reliance on power generated by fossil fuels.
Is built with high levels of redundancy – in power and communications – with associated low levels of utilisation and high cost.

All of the above contributes to data centres having a large physical footprint, further locking in both high CAPEX and OPEX.

NEXT-GENERATION
DATA CENTRES

LOWER OPEX & CAPEX

Next-generation data centres by contrast - eg. built to train complex AI models - can benefit from significantly lower CAPEX & OPEX, by focusing on:

Raw compute power
High internal network speed for increased parallelisation
GPU / TPU / ASIC-centric architectures

They are typically:

Powered by low-cost, clean energy
Co-located alongside the power generation eg. in remote locations
Equipped with fewer redundant systems, each with higher utilisation

The high density of equipment leads to a smaller footprint, which together with out of city locations can enable dramatically lower CAPEX and OPEX vs legacy data centres