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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Aisha Down and Alexandra Topping

OpenAI shelves Stargate UK in blow to Britain’s AI ambitions

Construction at the first Stargate AI data center in Texas, US
Construction at the first Stargate AI datacentre in Texas, US. The OpenAI deal was part of a larger series of UK-US investments intended to ‘mainline AI’ into the British economy. Photograph: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg/Getty Images

OpenAI has put on hold plans for a landmark UK investment citing high energy costs and regulation, in a blow to the government which has put AI at the centre of its growth strategy.

Stargate UK was a part of the UK-US AI deal announced last September, in which US companies appeared to commit £31bn to the UK’s tech sector, part of a larger series of investments intended to “mainline AI” into the British economy.

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