Microsoft pulls out of Nscale AI datacentre project in Essex over power concerns
Microsoft has pulled out of an AI datacentre project planned by UK firm Nscale at Loughton, Essex, over power supply concerns, the Guardian reported. The site, hailed by ministers as the UK's largest AI datacentre, was due to open next year. Nscale said it is exploring alternative power sources.
Microsoft has pulled out of an AI datacentre project planned by UK firm Nscale at Loughton, Essex, over power supply concerns, the Guardian reported. The site, hailed by ministers as the UK's largest AI datacentre, was due to open next year. Nscale said it is exploring alternative power sources.
The withdrawal shows how power supply can hold up large AI datacentre projects, even ones backed by governments and major tech firms.
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