Microsoft exits data centre deal in blow to UK AI ambitions

Microsoft said it was still committed to its partnership with Nscale despite pulling out of one project (Martin LELIEVRE) Microsoft confirmed Monday that it has pulled out of a UK AI data centre deal with British start-up Nscale, in a blow to the country's artificial intelligence ambitions. The US technology giant agreed last year to lease computing capacity from AI infrastructure provider Nscale, which is backed by chip titan Nvidia, at a planned data centre in Loughton, northeast of London. A Microsoft spokesperson said "this decision relates to a single site", adding the company remains "committed to our partnership with Nscale".