Microsoft pulls out of Nscale's Essex AI datacentre over power supply concerns

Microsoft has ended its agreement to be the anchor tenant of Nscale's planned AI datacentre at Loughton, Essex, the Telegraph first reported. The pullout follows power supply problems that had already delayed the project, which was due to open next year.

Nscale says it remains committed to the site and is exploring alternative power sources, and that Microsoft remains on board for another project in Norway.