Expert IT plans to start an AI-focused data center project in Szászrégen (Reghin), Romania, allocating more than €8 million for the first phase of infrastructure intended to run and train large artificial intelligence models. The company expects to commission the initial Nvidia servers within the year.
Project specifics
In the first phase the company would install seven servers containing a total of 56 Nvidia B300 graphics processing units (GPUs). According to Expert IT’s CEO Mihai Farcaș Dan, the 56-GPU order would be the largest such procurement in Romania this year. The firm has also discussed a potential later expansion that could involve 512 GPUs.
Beyond purchasing GPUs, the rollout requires building the necessary power supply and cooling systems. Expert IT has not disclosed details of the financing for the initial more-than-€8 million phase.
Site and overall investment
Expert IT plans to invest a total of €10 million in developing its 1.7-hectare site in Szászrégen, with the first phase being part of this larger investment and involving the most than €8 million outlay.
Intended uses, with emphasis on healthcare
The added computing capacity is intended for developing and training large AI models. One highlighted application area is healthcare: the company envisions systems that could improve doctor–patient communication, support clinicians’ work, and accelerate diagnosis by analyzing medical imaging. The project plans to involve Romanian clinics and universities in development and testing.
Regional context
The Szászrégen investment is one of several AI-related data center projects in Transylvania. In Cluj County (Kolozs megye), in Aranyoslóna (Turda/Tordai area), the U.S. company DriverAI and Romanian partner Leviatan Group have proposed an 80-megawatt Quantum AI Data Center; its first phase has been estimated at around $1 billion. That project is still in preparation and faces legal disputes over the chosen site.
In Mureș County (Maros megye), the Mureș County Council and the Mureș Industrial Park plan an approximately 240 million lei (about €45 million) data center in Vidrătești (Vidrátszeg), which would provide storage, data-processing and colocation services and offer AI-related compute capacity. Separately, the George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu Mureș (MOGYTTE) is developing its own high-performance computing infrastructure under the DEEP_AI project, budgeted at nearly 60 million lei (roughly €11.2 million) for AI, machine learning and large-scale data analysis research.
Energy and water considerations
These local investments fit into a broader national push: large-scale proposals such as the Black Sea AI Gigafactory aim to make Romania a regional AI hub, planning facilities with hundreds of thousands of AI processors. A key challenge across such projects is securing sufficient energy. As data centers proliferate, energy and water consumption have become contentious issues in Europe; the European Union’s planned tripling of data center capacity by the end of the decade has prompted protests in several countries over the facilities’ high electricity, water and land requirements.
Summary
Expert IT’s Szászrégen project intends to deploy 56 Nvidia B300 GPUs across seven servers in its first phase, with commissioning planned this year and a possible expansion to hundreds more GPUs. The facility aims to support training and operation of large AI models, particularly for healthcare applications, while joining other significant regional data center initiatives that raise questions about energy and resource use.
