Gcore and Northern Data join forces: full-stack sovereign AI infrastructure launches in Europe
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On 2 April 2025, Luxembourg-based Gcore announced a strategic partnership with Germany's Northern Data Group (ETR: NB2), one of the largest GPU infrastructure providers in Europe. Together, they are launching a complete AI ecosystem spanning from compute hardware to points of inference at the edge of the network.
As part of the deal, Northern Data also received the right to acquire a controlling stake in Gcore at a pre-agreed valuation.
At the heart of the project is the creation of the Intelligence Delivery Network (IDN), a distributed network with 180 points of presence, 200+ Tbps of bandwidth and 14,000 peering partners. By merging the power of Northern Data and Gcore's Everywhere Inference software platform, the partners will provide customers with a turnkey solution available in a few clicks - from model training to inference and scaling.
This infrastructure is particularly relevant to the growing demand for edge computing and low latency. Bloomberg Intelligence forecasts the AI-inference market to reach $169 billion by 2032.
The platform will include:
- Managed Kubernetes clusters
- AI model library (open source and custom)
- Support for on-premise, cloud and edge deployments
- Security guarantees, data sovereignty and enterprise compliance
According to the company, Gcore exceeded $80 million in revenue in 2024. Northern Data has won two seats on Gcore's board of directors and will conduct due diligence before a possible buyout of the majority stake.
Northern Data CEO Aroosh Thillainathan said, "This is a watershed moment: the need for AI infrastructure is growing rapidly, and our association with Gcore is key to the next phase of large-scale AI adoption."
For his part, Gcore CEO Andre Reitenbach said, "With access to one of the world's largest liquid-cooled GPU farms, we will be able to scale our solutions and provide AI access anywhere on the planet with minimal latency."
Gcore, founded in 2014, operates a global network of 180 PoPs in Tier III/IV data centres and serves customers such as Wargaming, Avast, Photon and NHN Cloud. The average network response time is 30 ms globally.
For Luxembourg, the partnership is also of strategic importance: it strengthens the country's position as one of Europe's key AI hubs, especially against the backdrop of the EU's growing interest in sovereign cloud solutions and digital autonomy.
