Hamar / N01 campus

Name: Hamar / N01 campus
Address: Hamar, Innlandet, NO

Green Mountain (TikTok anchor) · Hamar, Innlandet, Norway

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The resource footprint

Modelled average

In one day, this campus consumes about

3.6550-metre swimming pools

Filled with the volume of water consumed by the campus and its electricity supply.

The actual estimate2,411,547 US gallons consumed

50-metre pools · 2 metres deep

Each diagram = 1 pool. Partial shading shows the remainder.

At the campus38,279 galMaking its electricity2,373,269 gal

Power-plant water may come from a different watershed. This is a volume comparison, not a claim that households lose this water.

At current operating capacity · Annual model spread evenly over time, not a live meter. Site estimates may differ by roughly ±40%.

Comparison sizes & sources

One pool = 50 × 25 × 2 metres = 2.5 million litres (about 660,430 US gallons). Pool depths vary; this is a defined comparison size.

One home-year = 10,791 kWh, the EIA’s 2022 average US residential electricity purchases. This excludes electricity generated at home and is a fixed US benchmark for all sites.

One car-year = 4.6 tonnes CO₂, the EPA’s typical passenger vehicle tailpipe estimate. The campus model is in CO₂e; the comparison expresses approximate climate scale, not equal mixtures of pollutants.

Monthly values are annual totals ÷ 12; daily values are annual totals ÷ 365. Actual demand varies. Comparisons cover the whole campus, including non-AI uses.

Water: see the numbers and sources

This is water used up, mainly through evaporation. Power-generation water may be used in a different watershed.

Total water use880M gal/yr

Evaporated on site14.0M gal

Making the power866M gal

Household comparison11,003homes, at 80,000 gal/year

Pressure on local water: Low — a regional measure of demand compared with available water
Where the water comes from: Closed loop — negligible draw
Cooling: Cold-climate free cooling; waste heat to a neighbouring trout farm and district heat
Basis: Modelled from cooling design — WUE 0.05 L/kWh

Air: see the numbers and sources

The totals include nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide and fine particles. They cover both this site and the power plants supplying it.

Nitrogen oxides10.6t/yr

Sulphur dioxide4.23t/yr

Fine particulates1.06t PM2.5

Health (EPA)$0.84M/yr

Health range: $0.29–0.84 million a year. Lower bound is EASIUR national mid-range; upper is EPA benefit-per-ton at a ~$12M VSL.
Statistical deaths: 0.07 a year at that VSL — a national-average conversion from tons, not a local concentration study.
Equals: 13,222 cars of NOx
Where it burns: Norway — Statnett
Generation mix: Hydro 88 · Wind 10
Diesel backup: Diesel backup is not yet counted for this campus, so on-site air figures are a floor.
CO₂e: 30.7 kt/yr — climate, not air quality

The project, approvals and community concerns

Who asked for it: ByteDance / TikTok — a ten-year lease taken to satisfy EU data-residency commitments
Who approved it: Hamar municipality; Norwegian hydro supply; Statnett connection
What it serves: TikTok's European user data under Project Clover
IT capacity: 150 MW current capacity / 300 MW full-build scenario

Norwegian hydro makes this the lowest-carbon site in the dataset by a wide margin. It exists because of European data-protection law, not because compute is cheaper here.

waste heat reuseddata-residency driven

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Gigawatt Ledger (2026). Hamar / N01 campus: water and air. https://gigawatt-ledger.pages.dev/site/hamar/. Modelled from disclosed capacity; site-level error ±40%.

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