Microsoft exits Nscale U.K. data center deal as IPO pressures mount

[Microsoft France headquarters entrance in Issy les Moulineaux near Paris] Jean-Luc Ichard/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Microsoft (MSFT [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/MSFT]) has withdrawn from a planned Nscale (NSCL [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/NSCL]) data center in Loughton, Essex, adding uncertainty to the British AI infrastructure provider’s effort to raise as much as $3 billion through an initial public offering, the Telegraph newspaper reported. The project has faced delays linked to electricity constraints, although Nscale (NSCL [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/NSCL]) didn't specify why Microsoft (MSFT [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/MSFT]) ended the agreement. Nscale (NSCL [https://seekingalpha.