The Danish Centre for AI Innovation (DCAI), the company behind Denmark’s AI supercomputer Gefion, is expanding its ownership as Netcompany joins current owners, EIFO and the Novo Nordisk Foundation. Together, the three partners are investing an additional €66 million in DCAI.
Following closing of the new investments, DCAI is to be owned 52.6% by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, 23.7% by EIFO and 23.7% by Netcompany.
Together, the partners aim to strengthen a shared sovereign national AI platform that reduces barriers for advanced AI adoption, particularly for public institutions, regulated industries and smaller businesses. The partnership brings together DCAI’s advanced AI infrastructure with Netcompany’s experience in developing and operating some of Europe’s most complex and society-critical digital systems.
Owning tomorrow’s technology
"Denmark must be among the countries shaping the direction of tomorrow’s technology", says Martin Lidegaard, Minister for Business and Competitiveness. "With Gefion, we are investing in Europe’s digital sovereignty and its ability to compete in a world where access to computing power, data and artificial intelligence is crucial. Now Gefion is strengthened with DKK 500 million. This will give Danish companies and researchers greater computing power to turn good ideas into new solutions, businesses and jobs. At the same time, it will strengthen our competitiveness and help ensure that ownership of tomorrow’s technology is not left to others"
"The computing power of AI supercomputers is a vital resource for our researchers and businesses. Europe must be able to do much more on its own, and Denmark must contribute to European technological sovereignty – not least so that we can regulate and develop technology based on democratic values. That is why it is fantastic news that we continue to pool the resources in public-private partnership and ramp up the capacity of Gefion – and give even more muscle to the most powerful Danish AI supercomputer," Christina Egelund, Minister for Research, Higher Education and Digital Affairs says.
Strengthening competitiveness
The growing demand for secure and sovereign AI infrastructure across Denmark and Europe, creates significant commercial opportunity and a need for additional capacity.
"The real value of Gefion will not be measured in computing power alone. It will be measured by what Denmark and Europe are able to build with it. Together with the Novo Nordisk Foundation and EIFO, we want to transform this technological foundation into a national AI capability that enables businesses, researchers and public institutions to develop and deploy AI securely, responsibly and at scale. This is about strengthening Denmark’s and Europe’s competitiveness, resilience and digital sovereignty, and ensuring that we do not simply participate in the AI revolution, but that we are shaping it," says André Rogaczewski, CEO of Netcompany.
Gefion already serves users in defence, research, academia, healthcare and industry. Market analysis points to an addressable market many times DCAI’s current scale, highlighting the opportunity for further capacity expansion.
"Gefion is approaching full capacity, making timing right for bringing on board additional capital and competencies to accelerate DCAI as a platform for sovereign and secure AI," says Nana Bule, Chairperson of DCAI. "We are seeing a shift in AI from training models to deploying and running them at scale, driving demand for more capacity and new capabilities. With today’s announcement, we are evolving DCAI as a strong, sovereign Danish platform, ready to capture this opportunity,"
"When Gefion was inaugurated in 2024, the main task was to train large AI models. Today, companies and public organisations are building AI into their products and workflows, and a new generation of AI agents is taking on more complex tasks. DCAI will now be able to build modern AI capacity that public institutions and businesses can trust and adopt, not least where data is sensitive or regulated," says Martin Svensson, CEO of DCAI.
Essential access
"AI is fundamentally changing our economy and society, and within only five years, we expect the demand for AI capacity in Denmark to increase at least sixfold. Danish access to a strong and sovereign AI-infrastructure is therefore essential. By investing further in DCAI, we are building on what we have already created and quickly securing more AI capacity anchored in Denmark – and with perspectives that extend into Europe," says Peder Lundquist, CEO, EIFO.
"We are proud to have been a part of DCAI from the very beginning and to see how Gefion has developed since its launch. As a key shareholder, we remain committed to its continued development to become the trusted backbone for regulated AI in Denmark. Netcompany brings valuable expertise to the partnership, and by welcoming them as co-owner, we can cooperate at the scale needed to undertake that mission," says Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen, CEO, Novo Nordisk Foundation.
