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Microsoft drops out of UK's biggest AI data centre in Essex

Microsoft drops out of UK's biggest AI data centre in Essex

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The Loughton site, which Nscale expected to receive power by the close of the year, has now been informed this will not occur until the 2030s. The BBC understands Microsoft, which was going to fund a supercomputer there, has ended its involvement. Nscale says it still plans to build, and is looking at other power sources.

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