Guardian investigation: OpenAI paused UK datacentre project without visiting key site; £20bn of touted £30bn investment appears hypothetical
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Aisha Down
Summary
The Guardian reports that OpenAI's planned Stargate UK datacentre project — touted as a multibillion-pound investment and a major US-UK technology partnership — has been paused since April due to concerns over regulation and high energy costs. The investigation reveals that OpenAI does not appear to have visited one of the project's key sites, and that £20bn of the £30bn in potential investment promoted by UK ministers appears to have been entirely hypothetical, raising serious questions about the scale and credibility of the announced investment.
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bskyGuardian investigation: OpenAI paused UK datacentre project without visiting key site; £20bn of touted £30bn investment appears hypotheticaltheguardian.comKey quotes
· 5 pulledIt was to be the biggest undertaking in Britain for OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT.
Stargate UK – a multibillion-pound UK datacentre project – would represent 'a major step forward in the US-UK technology partnership'.
The plans were paused in April, with an OpenAI spokesperson citing concerns over regulation and high energy costs.
The Guardian can reveal that OpenAI does not appear to have visited one of Stargate UK's key sites.
£20bn of the 'potential' £30bn in investment touted by the UK government appears to have been totally hypothetical.
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