AI data center builds

220 builds · 93 gigawatts

Stargate UK

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

Source

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

History

Append-only, newest first
StatusApr 9

Announced Paused

New buildSep 16, 2025

Announced

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