
Stargate UK
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- Capacity
- Not stated by the company
- Chips
- Up to 8,000 NVIDIA GPUs, scaling to 31,000
- Announced
- Sep 16, 2025
- Target online
- Q1 2026
- Program
- Stargate
- Online
- Building
- Announced
- StoppedPaused or cancelled
History
Append-only, newest firstStatusApr 9
Announced → Paused
New buildSep 16, 2025
Announced
Related builds
AnnouncedUnverified1.35 GW
Monarch Compute CampusNscale bought the Monarch campus in Mason County, West Virginia, and signed a letter of intent to host up to 1.35 GW of Vera Rubin GPUs for Microsoft.Partly onlineTarget 20261.2 GW
Stargate AbileneThe flagship Stargate campus, built by Crusoe on Lancium's site and run by Oracle for OpenAI: eight buildings, about 1.2 GW.BuildingTarget Oct 15, 20261.2 GW
Stargate Milam County (Freebird)SB Energy builds and runs the 1.2 GW site; phase one, four data halls in 548,950 sq ft, is filed for completion on October 15, 2026.AnnouncedTarget 20291 GW
Elsham Tech Park, North LincolnshireElsham Tech Park, a 1 GW AI data center campus on the former RAF Elsham Wolds airfield, received outline planning approval in March 2026.Building1 GW
Stargate Michigan (The Barn)Three 550,000 sq ft buildings developed by Related Digital; funding closed in April 2026 and all buildings were under construction by June.BuildingTarget 20261 GW
Stargate UAEThe first 1 GW phase of the 5 GW UAE-US AI Campus, built by G42 with OpenAI, Oracle, Nvidia, Cisco and SoftBank. The UAE is now revising the campus into several sites.BuildingTarget 20281 GW
Stargate Wisconsin (Lighthouse)Four data centers with close to a gigawatt of AI capacity, developed by Vantage with Oracle for OpenAI; completion scheduled for 2028.Partly online1 GW
Vantage South Wales campuses (Newport CWL1, Bridgend, Bro Tathan)Vantage plans more than 1 GW across Newport, Bridgend and Bro Tathan in the South Wales AI Growth Zone, with Nebius leasing capacity at CWL1. | Build | Location | Capacity | Status | Target online |
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Monarch Compute CampusNscale bought the Monarch campus in Mason County, West Virginia, and signed a letter of intent to host up to 1.35 GW of Vera Rubin GPUs for Microsoft.Nscale for Microsoft · Point Pleasant, West Virginia · Announced · unverified | Point Pleasant, West Virginia | 1.35 GW | Announced | |
Stargate AbileneThe flagship Stargate campus, built by Crusoe on Lancium's site and run by Oracle for OpenAI: eight buildings, about 1.2 GW.Oracle for OpenAI · Abilene, Texas · Partly online · Target 2026 | Abilene, Texas | 1.2 GW | Partly online3 changes | 2026 |
Stargate Milam County (Freebird)SB Energy builds and runs the 1.2 GW site; phase one, four data halls in 548,950 sq ft, is filed for completion on October 15, 2026.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 LincolnshireElsham Tech Park, a 1 GW AI data center campus on the former RAF Elsham Wolds airfield, received outline planning approval in March 2026.Greystoke · Elsham, United Kingdom · Announced · Target 2029 | Elsham, United Kingdom | 1 GW | Announced | 2029 |
Stargate Michigan (The Barn)Three 550,000 sq ft buildings developed by Related Digital; funding closed in April 2026 and all buildings were under construction by June.Oracle for OpenAI · Saline Township, Michigan · Building | Saline Township, Michigan | 1 GW | Building1 change | |
Stargate UAEThe first 1 GW phase of the 5 GW UAE-US AI Campus, built by G42 with OpenAI, Oracle, Nvidia, Cisco and SoftBank. The UAE is now revising the campus into several sites.G42 for OpenAI · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · Building · Target 2026 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | 1 GW | Building1 change | 2026 |
Stargate Wisconsin (Lighthouse)Four data centers with close to a gigawatt of AI capacity, developed by Vantage with Oracle for OpenAI; completion scheduled for 2028.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 plans more than 1 GW across Newport, Bridgend and Bro Tathan in the South Wales AI Growth Zone, with Nebius leasing capacity at CWL1.Vantage Data Centers for Nebius · Newport, United Kingdom · Partly online | Newport, United Kingdom | 1 GW | Partly online | |
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