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Microsoft drops huge AI datacentre project in Essex over power supply concerns
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a markets story. The Guardian Business is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 18 Oct 2026, 12:28 UTC. 2 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Microsoft drops huge AI datacentre project in Essex over power supply concerns”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Development by UK firm Nscale heralded by ministers as largest of its kind in country loses anchor tenant The development of a huge AI datacentre hailed by the UK government has received a fresh setback after Microsoft pulled out of the project over concerns about power supplies.
Story timeline
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- First reported by The Guardian Business
Microsoft pulls out of AI datacentre project in Essex over power supply concerns
- Picked up by The Guardian Business
Microsoft drops huge AI datacentre project in Essex over power supply concerns
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- The Guardian