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- Microsoft withdrew from a UK data center deal with Nscale, first reported by the Telegraph, abandoning what the BBC identifies as the UK's largest AI data centre.
- The Essex-based project was cancelled over power supply concerns, while Bloomberg separately reports Nscale faces investor pushback over its IPO valuation.
Why it matters: Microsoft's exit kills the UK's largest planned AI data center in Essex, removing a major piece of British AI infrastructure capacity at the same time Nscale — the project's partner — is struggling to win investor support for its IPO.
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