aceOpenAI shelves Stargate UK in blow to Britain’s AI ambitions
OpenAI has put on hold plans for a landmark UK investment citing high energy costs and regulation, in a blow to the government which has put AI at the centre of its growth strategy. Stargate UK was a part of the UK-US AI deal announced last September, in which US companies appeared to commit £31bn to the UK’s tech sector, part of a larger series of investments intended to “mainline AI” into the British economy. It came as the Labour government seeks to make AI and datacentres the engine of its growth plans, alon…
OpenAI put Stargate UK on hold in Britain, citing high energy costs and regulatory uncertainty, delaying planned sovereign compute datacentre capacity.
OpenAI's actual commitment was limited and vague, and overall demand for the capacity was not demonstrated, making the scale of impact uncertain.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2026-04-09
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