Verda to Deploy Arm's AGI CPU in European AI Data Centers
April 29, 2026
Verda to Deploy Arm's AGI CPU in European AI Data Centers
Finnish AI cloud provider Verda has announced plans to integrate Arm's new AGI CPU into its data center infrastructure, becoming the latest company to adopt the chip co-designed with Meta. The move marks a significant step in the expansion of Arm's silicon ambitions, as the chip designer ventures into producing its own hardware for the first time.
Speaking at the OCP EMEA summit in Barcelona this week, Eddie Ramirez, Vice President of Market in Arm's Cloud AI business unit, confirmed that Verda is deploying the AGI CPU alongside Nvidia's GB300 racks. “Verda, Europe's fastest-growing neocloud provider, is actually working on deploying Arm’s AGI CPU in conjunction with and alongside Nvidia's GB300 racks,” Ramirez said. He added that Arm has collaborated closely with Nvidia to ensure server specifications allow for seamless software interaction, enabling autonomous workload assignment between the two architectures.
Built on TSMC’s 3nm process node, the AGI CPU features 136 Arm Neoverse V3 cores running at up to 3.7GHz. At launch, Arm validated two OCP rack designs: a 36kW air-cooled system with 30 compute blades totaling 8,160 cores per rack, and a 200kW liquid-cooled server capable of housing 336 CPUs for over 45,000 cores. Verda has not yet disclosed the scale or timeline of its deployment, and both companies have been contacted for further details.
Ruben Bryon, founder and CEO of Verda, emphasized the strategic importance of the partnership. “At Verda, we're operating a renewable-powered AI cloud built for ML teams. By pairing Arm AGI CPU with our Nvidia GB300 and upcoming VR200 fleet, we aim to deliver a fully Arm-native stack from orchestration to inference, giving customers the density and efficiency that agentic AI demands at scale,” he said.
Founded in 2020 and formerly known as DataCrunch, Verda operates data centers in Finland and Iceland, all powered by 100 percent renewable energy. The company raised $64.6 million in a Series A round in September 2025 and an additional $117 million earlier this month to fund expansion plans, including a proposed AI data center in Latvia. The AGI CPU deployment aligns with a broader industry trend, as Meta plans to use the chip alongside its own custom silicon, and other partners including Cerebras, Cloudflare, F5, OpenAI, Positron, Rebellions, SAP, and SK Telecom have also committed to the platform.
Source: datacenterdynamics
