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Anna Wise

OpenAI says energy costs and regulation hold back major UK investment

ChatGPT developer OpenAI has halted plans for a major UK data centre project (Alamy/PA) -

ChatGPT developer OpenAI has halted plans for a major UK data centre project as it said energy costs and regulation were holding back investment.

The US technology giant had agreed to deploy its Stargate data centre project at a new artificial intelligence (AI) growth zone in the north-east of England.

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