SoleCrypt plans AI campus for Tunisia

Details: Vaughan O'Grady; Category: Data Centres & Networks; 22 October 2026; 534 views

SoleCrypt, a provider of sustainable digital infrastructure, has announced plans for the SoleCrypt AI Campus in Bizerte, Tunisia, a 40 MW campus, beginning with a 7 MW first phase designed around the Nvidia HGX Rubin NVL8 platform.

This campus, Solecrypt says, represents a significant step towards developing sovereign AI infrastructure in North Africa.

As North Africa's first purpose-built AI factory, the campus will support advanced AI workloads, including model training and inference. Phase One is designed to deploy 1,728 Nvidia Rubin GPUs, supported by high-density liquid cooling and resilient power infrastructure

Located approximately 3.6 kilometres by routed fibre path from the Medusa subsea cable landing, the campus will benefit from strategic connectivity to European and international networks.

SoleCrypt says sustainability is central to its approach. The development is supported by a dedicated 60 MW solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Tozeur, designed to contribute new renewable electricity to Tunisia's national grid while supporting the growth of AI infrastructure.

The campus brings together expertise across technology, engineering and infrastructure delivery, including partner companies such as Hosted.AI, bringing GPU capacity to market by translating high-density AI infrastructure into accessible cloud services for enterprises, startups and research organisations.

Schneider Electric, a specialist in energy management, automation and digitalisation, is key technology advisor, providing AI data centre reference architectures co-developed with multinational technology company Nvidia, alongside electrification, secure power, liquid cooling and intelligent infrastructure management solutions.

Planning, engineering and project management company Meinhardt provides independent technical review and assurance, Sterling & Wilson Data Centre (SWDC) is an international data centre EPC specialist, and Maerifa Solutions is an Nvidia Partner Network (NPN) Solution Provider Partner specialising in AI infrastructure solutions, leading the AI factory infrastructure architecture and bringing expertise in GPU cluster design, high-density computing and infrastructure scalability.

Also involved is Supermicro, a longstanding Nvidia partner specialising in GPU-optimised systems and direct liquid cooling AI infrastructure.

Expected to be operational in early 2028, the project aims to establish sovereign AI computing infrastructure in the region, enabling access to advanced computing capacity for businesses, startups and research organisations across North Africa and the wider MENA region.