Microsoft exits Essex AI data center project after grid setback
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Microsoft has canceled its planned AI data center project with Nscale in Loughton, Essex, after a power supply delay pushed potential grid availability into the early-to-mid 2030s . The facility had been due to serve Microsoft Azure by early 2027. Key takeaways UK Power Networks told Nscale that sufficient electricity capacity might not arrive until the 2030s. The Essex plan called for 23,040 Nvidia chips. Nscale says its other Microsoft agreements remain intact.
Source: The Cryptonomist
