Microsoft quits Nscale’s Essex AI data centre, reports say
The Telegraph and the BBC say Microsoft has ended its part in the planned UK site, which cannot get enough power until the 2030s. Microsoft declined to comment, and Nscale says it still plans to build.
Microsoft has pulled out of Nscale’s planned AI data centre in Loughton, Essex, the Telegraph reported on October 18. The BBC said it understood the same. Nscale, a British company, has been told that the site will not get its power until the 2030s. Microsoft declined to comment to the BBC, and Nscale says it remains committed to the project.