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Grid failure exposes Britain's hollow AI ambitions

Nscale's £2bn AI data centre in Loughton, Essex, backed by Nvidia with Microsoft as anchor tenant, faces grid connection delays for its 90MW supply, pushing back the 2027 opening.

Liam Jones

19 JUL · 3 min read

Grid delays stall Nscale's £2bn Essex AI data centre

Nscale's £2bn AI data centre in Loughton, Essex faces grid connection delays that will push its opening beyond the 2027 target.

Grace White

19 JUL · 4 min read