• Magnora agreed to form a 50:50 joint venture with Blix and acquired property at Nedre Rommen 5, where Blix already operates its NR5 data centre
  • The facility has 1MW of initial power access and is designed for up to 100kW per rack, with studies indicating 9MW potential

The fact

Magnora Data Center has agreed a 50:50 joint venture with Blix Group to convert commercial space at Nedre Rommen 5 in eastern Oslo into an AI data centre. The property is in the former Norwegian Payment Clearing House building and has access to 1MW of power initially. Technical studies suggest the site could eventually support up to 9MW.

The facility is designed for racks of up to 100kW, using a mix of rear-door heat exchangers and direct liquid cooling. Blix already runs its NR5 data centre in the same Oslo building, with up to 3MW of capacity across more than 1,000 square metres and around 144 racks. Magnora entered the data-centre market in 2025 through Storespeed, which operates a colocation site in Halden. Chairman Erik Sneve said the new Oslo project would extend that existing offering.

The assessment

Magnora is converting existing commercial space in a building where Blix already operates a data centre. The site already has technical staff, power, cooling, and connectivity in place. The new space has initial access to 1MW, but still needs to be fitted out for high-density workloads. No commissioning date has been disclosed.

The 9MW figure reflects technical expansion potential, not power currently available or commissioned capacity. Likewise, the stated 100kW per rack is a design specification rather than an operating density. For BTW readers, the project would add metro Oslo capacity through a conversion with an established operator. The first meaningful milestone is commissioning the initial 1MW. Expansion beyond that will depend on securing additional power and turning the site’s technical potential into operating capacity.

What to watch

The immediate milestones are a conversion timetable, commissioning of the first 1MW, and initial customer deployments. Expansion towards 9MW would require confirmation of additional power and supporting infrastructure. Customer deployments approaching 100kW per rack would show whether the facility’s high-density design is being used in operation.