Stargate UK

Name: Stargate UK
Address: Cobalt Park, North Tyneside, England, GB

Nscale · Cobalt Park, North Tyneside, United Kingdom · Paused

Sovereign compute with Nvidia and Nscale in North East England. OpenAI paused it in April 2026, citing energy costs and regulation.

Facts

As of Apr 9, 2026

Operator: Nscale
Tenant: OpenAI
Partners: Nvidia
Capacity: Not stated by the company
Chips: Up to 8,000 NVIDIA GPUs, scaling to 31,000
Location: Cobalt Park, North Tyneside, United Kingdom · Cloud regions nearby
Announced: Sep 16, 2025
Target online: Q1 2026
Program: Stargate

Append-only, newest first

Date	Change	Source
Apr 9, 2026	Announced to PausedSource	DCD
Sep 16, 2025	AnnouncedSource	OpenAI

Build	Location	Capacity	Status	Target online
Monarch Compute CampusNscale for Microsoft · Point Pleasant, West Virginia · Announced · unverified	Point Pleasant, West Virginia	1.35 GW	Announced
Stargate AbileneOracle for OpenAI · Abilene, Texas · Partly online · Target 2026	Abilene, Texas	1.2 GW	Partly online3 changes	2026
Stargate Milam County (Freebird)SB Energy for OpenAI · Milam County, Texas · Building · Target Oct 15, 2026	Milam County, Texas	1.2 GW	Building1 change	Oct 15, 2026
Elsham Tech Park, North LincolnshireGreystoke · Elsham, United Kingdom · Announced · Target 2029	Elsham, United Kingdom	1 GW	Announced	2029
Stargate Michigan (The Barn)Oracle for OpenAI · Saline Township, Michigan · Building	Saline Township, Michigan	1 GW	Building1 change
Stargate UAEG42 for OpenAI · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · Building · Target 2026	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	1 GW	Building1 change	2026
Stargate Wisconsin (Lighthouse)Vantage Data Centers for OpenAI · Port Washington, Wisconsin · Building · Target 2028	Port Washington, Wisconsin	1 GW	Building1 change	2028
Vantage South Wales campuses (Newport CWL1, Bridgend, Bro Tathan)Vantage Data Centers for Nebius · Newport, United Kingdom · Partly online	Newport, United Kingdom	1 GW	Partly online

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