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What is established
Paused. owned or developed by Nscale.
What is not disclosed
Capacity, accelerator count, hardware platform, project capex, timeline, named tenant, power source, cooling technology — not disclosed by any source on this page. Recorded as unknown, never as zero.
Analyst note
Announced Sept 2025; PAUSED April 2026 over UK energy costs and AI copyright rules, with no construction started. The 8,000/31,000 GPU figures were offtake exploration targets, never deployed, so no GPU claim is recorded. No MW figure was ever disclosed.
Corroborated by more than one source, but not yet backed by physical evidence.
Power readiness
No capacity disclosed
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55.0230, -1.4700
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CNBC · Apr 9, 2026 · accessed Jul 28, 2026
OpenAI halts UK stargate project amid regulatory and energy price concerns
Reliability
65/100
DataCenterDynamics · Sep 19, 2025 · accessed Jul 28, 2026
OpenAI would explore offtake up to 8,000 GPUs in Q1 2026 with the potential to scale to 31,000 GPUs over time
Reliability
78/100
Announced Sept 2025; PAUSED April 2026 over UK energy costs and AI copyright rules, with no construction started. The 8,000/31,000 GPU figures were offtake exploration targets, never deployed, so no GPU claim is recorded. No MW figure was ever disclosed.
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