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Microsoft drops AI datacentre plan in Essex over power concerns

Original: microsoft nscale data centre deal

Microsoft has withdrawn from a planned AI datacentre project in Essex, citing concerns over the electricity supply needed to run it. The decision comes despite Microsoft's wider push into artificial intelligence infrastructure in the UK, including partnerships with firms such as Nscale to expand computing capacity. The move has renewed questions about whether Britain's power grid can support the rapid growth of AI datacentres.

Why now: Microsoft's withdrawal highlights growing tension between the UK's AI ambitions and the strain on its electricity infrastructure.

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• Microsoft pulls out of AI datacentre project in Essex over power supply concerns · The Guardian
• Microsoft pulls plug on Nscale data centre deal · Financial Times

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