OpenAI’s Stargate shrinks further as UK data center “paused”
OpenAI’s ambitious Stargate global data center project just got smaller.
First announced at the White House alongside President Trump at the start of his second term, the OpenAI partnership with Oracle and SoftBank sought to build massive data centers around the world, including sites in the UAE, the UK, and Norway.
Bloomberg reports that the company is “pausing” the Stargate UK project, citing high energy costs and regulatory obstacles.
Last month, the company and its partner Oracle scrapped its planned expansion of the Stargate I data center site in Abilene, Texas.
In a statement to Bloomberg, the company said:
“AI compute is foundational to that goal — we continue to explore Stargate UK and will move forward when the right conditions such as regulation and the cost of energy enable long-term infrastructure investment.”
Stargate UK was announced in September, including a partnership with Nvidia and Nscale that would scale up to 31,000 GPUs.
Bloomberg reports that the company is “pausing” the Stargate UK project, citing high energy costs and regulatory obstacles.
Last month, the company and its partner Oracle scrapped its planned expansion of the Stargate I data center site in Abilene, Texas.
In a statement to Bloomberg, the company said:
“AI compute is foundational to that goal — we continue to explore Stargate UK and will move forward when the right conditions such as regulation and the cost of energy enable long-term infrastructure investment.”
Stargate UK was announced in September, including a partnership with Nvidia and Nscale that would scale up to 31,000 GPUs.
