Microsoft pulls out of AI datacentre project in Essex over power supply concerns

Microsoft has withdrawn from the Nscale AI datacentre project in Loughton, Essex, due to concerns over power supply issues, jeopardizing the UK's largest planned AI datacentre and Nscale's Wall Street IPO plans. The project, backed by the UK government and Nvidia, now lacks a publicly announced anchor tenant but Nscale continues to seek alternative power solutions and maintains ties with Microsoft for other projects.