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OpenAI is pausing Stargate UK, its plan to host sovereign AI compute in UK data centers with NVIDIA, citing high energy costs and regulatory hurdles, and says it still sees potential for the UK’s AI future and will resume the project when regulation and energy costs enable long-term investment.
OpenAI is pausing Stargate UK amid regulatory uncertainty and high energy costs, delaying the planned deployment of thousands of GPUs with Nvidia and Nscale; the company says it will reassess once regulation and energy prices make long-term infrastructure investment viable. The pause comes as UK policy debates over AI copyright and data use slow changes to the regulatory environment, even as OpenAI maintains its UK presence and aims to advance public-sector AI initiatives under its government MOU.
OpenAI has announced Stargate UK, a partnership with NVIDIA and Nscale to enhance the UK's sovereign AI computing capabilities, enabling local deployment of AI models for critical sectors and supporting economic growth and AI literacy initiatives in the UK.