OpenAI Abandons £31bn Stargate UK Over Power Bills and Bureaucracy
Scaffolding in Essex mud — that's the tombstone for OpenAI's £31bn Stargate UK pledge. High power bills and regs just killed another AI hype machine.
⚡ Key Takeaways
- OpenAI pauses Stargate UK due to UK's sky-high energy costs and regulations, turning a £31bn pledge into vaporware. 𝕏
- Nscale, a datacenter newbie, was central but site's still a muddy field months past deadlines. 𝕏
- This exposes flaws in UK's AI strategy: hype over infrastructure, with global energy crunch hitting hard. 𝕏
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Originally reported by The Guardian - AI
