Nscale AI Campus, Loughton (Microsoft)
Nscale · Loughton, United Kingdom · 90 MW · Building
Nscale is building a GBP 2 billion AI campus in Loughton with Microsoft as anchor tenant, 50 MW scalable to 90 MW, though grid power is delayed.
Facts
As of Sep 16, 2025- Capacity
- 90 MW50 MW, scalable to 90 MW; 90 MW grid connection
- Chips
- 23,040 Nvidia GB300 GPUs initially
- Announced
- Sep 16, 2025
- Target online
- Q1 20272027 Q1 (grid power delayed)
- Online
- Building
- Announced
- StoppedPaused or cancelled
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