en.Wedoany.com Reported - DriverAI plans to build an 80MW quantum AI data center in Cluj County, Romania, located within an industrial park developed by Leviatan Group outside the village of Luna.
The 20-hectare (49-acre) site will be built in four 20MW phases, with the final building housing both GPU and quantum computing hardware. Romanian Senate President Mircea Abrudean stated in a Facebook post that the first phase will involve a $1 billion investment. DCD has contacted the company for comment, but it has not disclosed quantum computing details or the project's final cost.
DriverAI CEO Cary Tatlinger said that assessment visits confirmed Romania's unique advantages to become a sovereign computing hub in Central and Eastern Europe. He emphasized that proximity to top universities, energy infrastructure, and the commitment of Romanian partners make this the right place and time.
Power supply and project management expertise during the construction phase are provided by infrastructure company E-INFRA and Cartens Consulting Global, respectively. DriverAI stated that by the fourth phase of construction, the data center will be fully powered by renewable energy. Upon completion, students from the nearby Technical University of Cluj-Napoca and Babeș-Bolyai University will have access to the data center's GPU and quantum computing resources.
According to its website, DriverAI is an Arizona-based company specializing in building AI-enabled situational awareness systems and developing hyperscale data center capacity. The company said its new facility in Romania will position the country as "a competitive node in Europe's sovereign computing landscape."
Software entrepreneur and Cluj native George Roth criticized DriverAI's announcement, noting that the company does not appear to have previously been involved in any data center development projects. "The bigger the promise, the more important the verification," Roth told Ziarul Financiar, arguing that Romania should welcome serious investors but not take strategic technology announcements at face value.
Currently, the data center market in Cluj County is small, with DataCenterMap listing eight operational facilities in the region. Last month, plans for a municipal data center in the city of Cluj-Napoca were also announced, though details on its expected computing capacity were not disclosed.
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