OpenAI's Stargate UK datacentre project paused amid questions over site visits and investment claims
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Stargate UK, a multibillion-pound UK datacentre project promoted as a major OpenAI-led US-UK technology cooperation initiative, appears largely unfulfilled. Plans were paused in April 2025 due to regulatory concerns and high energy costs. Reporting reveals OpenAI may not have visited a key site, and approximately £20bn of the touted £30bn UK government investment may have been hypothetical. The project was announced during a surge in US-UK tech collaboration.
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· 3 pulledStargate UK was a multibillion-pound UK datacentre project positioned as a major OpenAI-led step in US-UK technology cooperation.
Plans were paused in April after an OpenAI spokesperson cited regulation concerns and high energy costs.
Reporting indicates OpenAI did not appear to have visited a key Stargate UK site, and about £20bn of a touted £30bn investment by the UK government may have been hypothetical.
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