Start Campus

Europe’s largest AI Data Campus, located in Portugal and creating a sustainable 1.2GW ecosystem with ocean cooling. 🌊

Start Campus is building and operating the SINES Data Campus, a 1.2GW data center in Portugal, creating one of Europe’s largest and most sustainable data ecosystems with market-leading global connectivity. SINES DC provides maximum optionality for customers with powered shell, turn-key and build-to-suit solutions. The company’s advanced platform is AI-ready and addresses the future needs of the in

dustry by integrating liquid cooling technologies into its flexible and scalable design. With a total combined investment value of an estimated €8.5bn, the campus utilises 100% renewable energy and targets an industry-leading PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) of 1.1 and a WUE (Water Usage Effectiveness) of 0 by harnessing the cooling power of the ocean. For more information, please visit www.startcampus.pt.

04/08/2026

🏆 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 | 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

Start Campus is very proud to be shortlisted in the Leading Data Centre Operator category at the Platform Global Awards 2026. ✨️

To be recognised alongside some of the world's leading data centre operators is a significant achievement, and we would like to congratulate all of this year's finalists. The strength of the shortlist reflects the continued innovation and ambition driving our industry forward.

Our nomination recognises our continued progress of the award-winning 🌊 1.2GW SINES Data Campus - one of Europe's largest and most sustainable AI-ready data centre campuses. Designed to deliver digital infrastructure at unprecedented scale, SINES combines industry-leading sustainability, renewable energy and advanced cooling technologies to support the next generation of AI and cloud workloads.

This recognition reflects the commitment, expertise and collaboration of our entire team, customers, partners and stakeholders who continue to help shape the future of digital infrastructure.

We look forward to celebrating with our industry peers at Platform Global in Antibes on September 8th, and wish every finalist the very best of luck!

🔗 View the full 2026 awards shortlist: https://hubs.ly/Q04rPkp00

30/07/2026

🟩 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗢𝘂𝘁 | 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘆𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲

Introducing Start Inside Out - a new video series taking you behind the scenes of our 𝟭.𝟮𝗚𝗪 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘀 and closer to the teams who design, build and operate it every day.

From engineering and project delivery to operations, security and sustainability, the series will share the expertise, collaboration and commitment behind one of Europe’s most advanced and sustainable data centre campuses.

Here is a first look at the people powering 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘀 from the inside out.

Watch this space as we release the full interviews over the coming weeks and visit our website to explore the series and meet the people behind the infrastructure transforming AI in Europe.

21/07/2026

𝗔 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘂 𝘂𝗺 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼 𝗱𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺 𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗱𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗯𝗮𝗹 (𝗜𝗣𝗦) 🤝

Um passo importante para aproximar a academia da indústria e desenvolver talento técnico local em Sines - onde estamos a construir um dos maiores data centers da Europa.

𝗟𝘂𝗶𝘀 𝗥𝗼𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀, 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿:
"𝘕𝘢𝘰 𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘪 𝘶𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘥𝘢 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘳, 𝘢𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘮𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰, 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘰 𝘷𝘢𝘪 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘴 20, 30 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘴. 𝘖 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘢 𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘢, 𝘯𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘥𝘰 𝘐𝘗𝘚 𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘴 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘴, 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘰 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘰."

𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼, 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿:
"𝘏𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘰 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘪𝘴. 𝘈𝘴 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘰 𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰 - 𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘰. 𝘚𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘴 𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦."

20/07/2026

𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁: the right people, organisations and institutions around an idea.
Maria Malhão, Senior Industry Account Executive at SAP Portugal, reminds us that in a world where AI accelerates access to information, critical thinking and source validation matter more than ever.

𝗔 𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗺 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗼: as pessoas certas, as empresas certas e as instituições certas à volta de uma ideia.
Maria Malhão, Senior Industry Account Executive da SAP Portugal, lembra-nos que, num mundo em que a IA acelera o acesso à informação, o pensamento crítico e a validação das fontes são mais importantes do que nunca.

17/07/2026

𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄, 𝗶𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆: What problem are we solving? And how will we solve it?

João Talone, Co-Founder & Chairman of Magnum Capital, shares a direct investor perspective: 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.

𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘦 𝘶𝘮𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘱 𝘱𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘳, 𝘩𝘢 𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘮𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢: 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘢 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘳 — 𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘰 𝘰 𝘷𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘳?

𝘑𝘰𝘢𝘰 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘊𝘰-𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 & 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘶𝘮 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘩𝘢 𝘶𝘮𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢 𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘳: 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘻𝘢, 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘰 𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘢 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘱𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘮 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘢.

13/07/2026

AI is often discussed through the lens of energy demand. But there is another side to the equation.
For Víctor Gago, Vice President Secure Power Iberia at Schneider Electric, AI can also help industries and buildings manage energy more intelligently, reducing waste and accelerating efficiency gains.
The challenge is not simply to consume better. It is to use technology to do better.

A IA é muitas vezes discutida pelo lado do consumo de energia. Mas há outra parte da equação.
Para Víctor Gago, Vice President Secure Power Iberia da Schneider Electric, a IA também pode ajudar indústrias e edifícios a gerir energia de forma mais inteligente, reduzindo desperdício e acelerando ganhos de eficiência.
O desafio não é apenas consumir melhor. É usar a tecnologia para fazer melhor.

10/07/2026

AI needs far more than strong models. It needs infrastructure, capital, talent and ecosystems that can turn ideas into products with real value.
Niklas Roehling, Managing Director at Davidson Kempner, reflects on the quality of talent at Start RISE and on the role Portugal can play in this next technology wave.

A IA precisa de muito mais do que bons modelos. Precisa de infraestrutura, capital, talento e ecossistemas capazes de transformar ideias em produtos com valor real.
Niklas Roehling, Managing Director da Davidson Kempner, fala sobre a qualidade do talento presente no Start RISE e sobre o papel que Portugal pode ter nesta nova vaga tecnológica.

06/07/2026

Great ideas need the right environment to become great companies. - Luís Rodrigues, COO at Start Campus, was struck by the differentiated solutions presented at Start RISE — including tools with the potential to save time and cost across data-centre and digital-infrastructure projects.
Portugal has the talent, stability and conditions. The next step is retaining investment and attract ambition.

Boas ideias precisam do ambiente certo para se transformarem em grandes empresas.
Luís Rodrigues, COO da Start Campus, destacou as soluções diferenciadoras apresentadas no Start RISE — algumas com potencial para poupar tempo e custos em projetos de data centers e infraestruturas digitais. Portugal tem talento, estabilidade e condições. O passo seguinte é reter investimento e atrair ambição.

03/07/2026

A IA vai substituir as pessoas? Para André Mestre, Cloud & AI Sales Lead da Microsoft, esse é um dos maiores mitos à volta da tecnologia.
A IA pode automatizar tarefas repetitivas e acelerar o acesso à informação. O seu verdadeiro valor está em libertar tempo para problemas de maior valor — com as pessoas a manterem a liderança.
Vê a entrevista.

Will AI replace people? For André Mestre, Cloud & AI Sales Lead at Microsoft, that is one of the biggest myths surrounding the technology.
AI can automate repetitive work and help us process information faster. Its real value is in giving people more time for higher-value problems — with humans still firmly in the lead.
Watch the interview.

08/06/2026

🚀 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗴𝗮𝗹!

We are so proud to share highlights from the final stage of the Start RISE AI Challenge, an initiative created by Start Campus in partnership with Porto Business School, Microsoft for Startups, Schneider Electric and the wider Portuguese innovation ecosystem to identify, support and accelerate the next generation of AI-driven companies.

Firstly, a huge congratulations to our winners:

🥇 https://hubs.ly/Q04ksc9S0 – 1st Place
🥈 SNAP – 2nd Place
🥉 ResiliSite AI– 3rd Place
🟩 SpectrAll- Honourable Mention

We would also like to congratulate every finalist who participated in this year's challenge and across all the regional stages in Porto, Faro and Lisbon. The quality of ideas, entrepreneurial ambition and technical innovation on display demonstrates the 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 potential emerging from Portugal's rapidly growing AI ecosystem.

At Start Campus, we believe that artificial intelligence will be one of the defining technologies of our generation. As Portugal continues to strengthen its position as a global hub for digital infrastructure, innovation, and AI, it is essential that we also support the entrepreneurs, researchers and technology pioneers who are building the companies that will shape the future.

It has been an honour to work alongside our partners at Porto Business School, Microsoft, Schneider Electric and all those who contributed their expertise, mentorship, and support throughout the programme.

Most importantly, thank you to every participant and our exceptional judging panel who took part in the challenge. Your ambition, creativity and determination are helping to position Portugal as a leading destination for AI innovation on the global stage.

We look forward to following your journeys and seeing what comes next…!

Muito Obrigado & see you all next year 😎

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