SoleCrypt plans 40 MW AI campus in Bizerte
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Webdo
Anglo-Tunisian company SoleCrypt has announced an artificial intelligence computing campus in Bizerte, with a planned capacity of 40 megawatts. A first phase of 7 megawatts, equipped with 1,728 NVIDIA Rubin GPUs, is due to enter service in early 2028, according to the company statement presented in Berlin.
The Anglo-Tunisian company SoleCrypt announced on 21 October in Berlin a project for an artificial intelligence computing campus in Bizerte, in northern Tunisia, with a planned total capacity of 40 megawatts, Webdo reports.
The first phase, with a capacity of 7 megawatts, is to include 1,728 NVIDIA Rubin graphics processing units and enter service in early 2028. It will be based on the NVIDIA HGX Rubin NVL8 platform, with a liquid-cooling system adapted to high-density computing equipment.
The proposed site is around 3.6 kilometres by fibre-optic cable from the landing point of the Medusa submarine cable. SoleCrypt presents this proximity as a way to facilitate data exchanges with European and international networks and provide computing capacity to businesses, technology start-ups and research organisations.
The project also includes a 60-megawatt solar installation with battery storage in Tozeur. SoleCrypt names Schneider Electric, Sterling & Wilson Data Center, Supermicro, Meinhardt, Maerifa Solutions and Hosted.AI among its partners for engineering, equipment, electrical systems, cooling and the marketing of computing capacity. The conditions for access to the campus and the timetable for the solar project remain to be established, according to Webdo. The announcement follows the target of 16% renewable electricity in Tunisia in 2027.
