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The Campus I concrete frame with cooling plant, blue coolant pipes and steel stacks behind a landscaped fence. Render

5 MW of liquid-cooled compute in Portugal

Campus I is two three-storey concrete frames that are already built. Ten 500 kW pods go in over three phases, and each pod earns from the day it goes live.

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5.0 MWIT capacity
10Pods of 500 kW
150 kWPer rack
2Concrete frames

The EU wants three times its data-centre capacity. On current plans it gets about 70% more by 2030. A new grid connection in the main hubs takes 7 to 10 years.

~16 GW

EU capacity gap in 2030

415 to ~945 TWh

Data-centre electricity use worldwide, now to 2030

Source: IEA
~5%

Europe's share of the world's operational AI compute, about 2 GW

Source: Bruegel
  1. European Commission AI Continent Action Plan: the EU aims to triple data-centre capacity.
  2. IEA Overcoming energy constraints is key to Europe's data-centre goals. 18 Nov 2025.
  3. Ember Grid congestion threatens the rollout of new data centres.
  4. Bruegel Capital alone will not close Europe's AI compute shortfall. 10 Sep 2026.
  5. Reuters Where new capacity lands is being decided by the grid. 18 Jun 2025.

The concrete is done. Each frame has three storeys of reinforced concrete with waffle slabs, and its column grid takes a 40-ft pod directly.

An empty three-storey reinforced concrete frame under a blue sky.
Today. Photo.
The same concrete frame with white container pods on each floor and steel exhaust stacks.
With pods installed. Render.
Left to do
Slab strengthening, medium-voltage power, cooling pipework, security
Time per pod
10–16 weeks to build, 7–10 days to install, 3–5 days to commission
First revenue
From the first pod. There is no wait for the building to be finished.

One pod is a 40-ft container with 500 kW of IT capacity. Racks, power and cooling leave the factory as one unit.

Cutaway of a 40-ft container with a row of racks, overhead coolant pipes, a coolant distribution unit and a hose manifold on the open door. Render, pod with one side removed
  1. 1

    Up to 150 kW per rack

    Cold-plate liquid cooling, built for dense AI training and inference hardware.

  2. 2

    PUE of 1.20 or lower

    About 40% less cooling energy than air. Clients pay for electricity at cost, outside the service fee.

  3. 3

    Pods can move

    A pod is plant, not building fabric. It can go to another site.

The aisle inside a pod, with rack doors on both sides and blue coolant pipes along the ceiling.
Inside the podOne row of racks, with the coolant lines overhead. Render.
Close-up of metal cold plates on a server board, with blue coolant hoses on quick-connect fittings.
Cold plates on the chipsLiquid carries the heat out of the rack. Render.
The rear of a rack, with two steel manifolds and rows of blue coolant hoses.
Rack manifoldSupply and return for every server. Render.

Base case: 10 pods, 5.0 MW IT. The renders show more pod positions than the base case.

Campus I reaches 5 MW in three phases. Each pod earns from the day it goes live.

Quarters are counted from the project start: quarter 1 is months 1 to 3, quarter 3 is months 7 to 9, and quarter 5 is months 13 to 15.

Dark 40-ft pods in a factory hall, with racks and cooling plant being fitted inside.
10 to 16 weeks in the factoryRacks, power and cooling go in before the pod ships. Render.
A crane lifts a pod into a bay of a three-storey concrete frame at dusk, next to pods that are already lit.
7 to 10 days on siteThe pod is lifted into the existing frame, then commissioned in 3 to 5 days. Render.
Phase 1, quarter 1Shared infrastructure, 2 pods
1.0 MW
Phase 2, quarter 3Ground and first floor, 6 pods
3.0 MW
Phase 3, quarter 5Second floor, 10 pods
5.0 MW

Three capabilities that rarely sit in one place. A team that has built AI businesses, engineers who have run hyperscale data centres, and the local access to land them in Portugal.

Sweden

Management

Founders who have built AI and fintech companies and raised money from institutional investors.

  • Institutional fundraising
  • Hardware sales
  • Nordic governance and reporting
Hyperscale

Build and operations

Senior engineers from Alibaba Cloud's data-centre organisation. They specify every BlueHarbor pod and run it 24/7.

  • Nvidia certified
  • Liquid cooling to 150 kW per rack
  • Commissioning at scale
Portugal

Local access

The contacts that move grid access, permits and incentives in Portugal.

  • Top-tier Portuguese law firm
  • Co-investor network
  • National and municipal government

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BlueHarbor is raising equity from financial and industrial investors. Book a first call, and we send you the Campus I materials.

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