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19 October 2026

Microsoft pulls out of Nscale's planned UK AI data center in Essex

The Loughton site was to supply 50 megawatts to Azure by early 2027 using 23,040 Nvidia chips, and the grid operator said power may not arrive until the 2030s.

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