# Nordic Silicon — Dedicated Mac Mini Hosting in Oslo

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Dedicated bare-metal Mac Mini M4 rental and hosting in Oslo, Norway. The only fully European AI compute stack: EU-jurisdiction provider, Apple Silicon hardware physically located in Norway, powered by 100% renewable hydropower. GDPR and Schrems II compliant by design — the US CLOUD Act does not apply.

## Plans

| Tier | Chip | RAM | Storage | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | M4 (10-core) | 16 GB | 256 GB | €98/mo |
| Pro | M4 (10-core) | 24 GB | 512 GB | €139/mo |
| Max | M4 Pro (12C/16G) | 48 GB | 512 GB | €274/mo |
| Ultra | M4 Pro (12C/16G) | 64 GB | 1 TB | €330/mo |

All plans include full root/admin access, SSH + macOS Screen Sharing over an encrypted tunnel, 1 Gbps symmetric network, and 100% renewable Norwegian hydropower.

## Why Mac Mini

- **Unified memory** up to 273 GB/s — run 70B models on a single chip with no PCIe bottleneck.
- **Flat monthly rate** — no per-token billing.
- **Native macOS** — iMessage, Apple Notes, Shortcuts, Keychain. No Linux VPS can replicate this.
- **Power efficient** — ~10 W idle, ~€1–2/month equivalent electricity.

## Use cases

- Running OpenClaw 24/7 as an always-on AI agent host.
- Local LLM inference with Ollama, LM Studio, MLX, llama.cpp (7B–70B).
- macOS-native AI workloads requiring Apple Silicon and unified memory.
- iOS/macOS development and CI/CD (Xcode, TestFlight).
- EU-resident data processing requiring GDPR / Schrems II compliance.

## Links

- Homepage (HTML): <https://nordicsilicon.io/>
- Pricing: <https://nordicsilicon.io/#pricing>
- FAQ: <https://nordicsilicon.io/faq> · markdown: </faq.md>
- Blog index: <https://nordicsilicon.io/blog> · markdown: </blog/index.md>
- Contact: <https://nordicsilicon.io/contact> · markdown: </contact.md>
- Status: <https://nordicsilicon.io/status>
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- Brief agent context: </llms.txt>
- API catalog: </.well-known/api-catalog>
- AI plugin manifest: </.well-known/ai-plugin.json>