Microsoft pulls out of UK's largest AI data centre
Summary
Microsoft has stopped funding a supercomputer project at the UK's largest AI data centre planned in Loughton, Essex. The company Nscale, which is leading the project, said it will continue with the £2 billion data centre and is looking for other power options.Key Facts
- Nscale plans to build the UK’s largest AI data centre in Loughton, Essex, costing £2 billion.
- Microsoft was supposed to fund a supercomputer at this site but has now pulled out.
- Nscale said it is still committed to the project and is exploring alternative ways to power the data centre.
- The power supply for the data centre, originally due by the end of the year, has been delayed until the 2030s due to a city-wide grid problem.
- Nscale and Microsoft continue to work together on other projects in Norway, Portugal, and the United States.
- The Loughton data centre is expected to create about 250 permanent jobs once it opens.
- Microsoft had previously announced part of its £22 billion UK investment would help fund the Loughton supercomputer.
- The power delay does not affect Nscale’s other contracts.
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