Operational

Start Campus Sines Data Campus

Nscale · Sines, Portugal

Start Campus Sines Data Campus is a operational data center project in Sines, Portugal. This record brings together its location, estimated IT capacity, construction timeline, water-disclosure gaps and original sources.

Epoch AI · Checked 2026-09-15 · Owner confidence: confident

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Estimated operating IT capacity

33 MW

Source observation: 2026-08-16

Site water use

Not yet verified

No site-level value published in this atlas

Local water stress

Not yet assessed

Regional context has not been added

How to interpret this record. Epoch reports the site as operational; individual buildings may still be under construction. Capacity is an estimate of IT power, not metered electricity consumption. Sources were collected by Epoch AI; inclusion is not independent verification by our team.

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I am seeking publicly shareable information about water use at Start Campus Sines Data Campus in Sines, Portugal. Could you please share the following for this specific project?

1. The latest annual water withdrawal and water consumption, with units and reporting period. Please distinguish measured use from projections, and site totals from cooling-only figures.
2. Water sources (drinking water, reclaimed/industrial water, rainwater or seawater), cooling method, and any seasonal or peak-day demand figures.
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Project timeline

Source notes reproduced from Epoch AI. Future projections are excluded. Status may have changed since the latest observation.

2026-08-16
Satellite imagery shows two black outlines, suggesting two buildings going up on a second adjacent site. There is an outline of another building as well. Further to the east, there is land clearing.
2026-04-03
Building 1 (SIN01) operational for AI, with the first deployment of 12,600 Nvidia GB300 NVL72s to the site being reported completed "Q1 2026" based on the corporate announcement. Land clearing also begins for Building 2 (SIN02), with faint dirt outlines for roads and building foundations visible.
2024-10-31
Building 1 (SIN01) is completed, but at this point it likely not being used for AI as the collaboration with Microsoft that resulted in GB300s did not occur until Q1 2026. The completion is based both on satellite imagery, which shows the building fully completed, and a March 2025 article that says it "has been in operation since October", which is October of 2024.
2022-01-01
Land clearing begins for Building 1 (SIN01)

Location

Start Campus - Sustainable Data Center Services, Sines, Portugal

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Frequently asked questions about Start Campus Sines Data Campus

Where is Start Campus Sines Data Campus?

Start Campus Sines Data Campus is listed at Start Campus - Sustainable Data Center Services, Sines, Portugal. The project is in Sines, Portugal.

How much power does Start Campus Sines Data Campus use?

The latest source-backed estimate in this atlas is 33 MW of operating IT capacity, observed for 2026-08-16. This is an estimate of computing capacity, not metered annual electricity consumption.

How much water does Start Campus Sines Data Campus use?

No verified site-level water withdrawal or consumption figure has been added to this atlas. A missing figure means the value is not verified here, not that the project uses no water.