OpenAI’s apparent failure to visit key site raises questions over Stargate UK project

Published 4 July 2026 · tech

Exclusive: £20bn of ‘potential’ £30bn AI investment touted by UK ministers appears to have been hypothetical It was to be the biggest undertaking in Britain

Exclusive: £20bn of ‘potential’ £30bn AI investment touted by UK ministers appears to have been hypothetical It was to be the biggest undertaking in Britain for OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT.

Stargate UK – a multibillion-pound UK datacentre project would represent “a major step forward in the US-UK technology partnership”. But the plans were paused in

April, with an OpenAI spokesperson citing concerns over regulation and high energy costs. Continue reading...

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