OpenAI’s apparent failure to visit key site raises questions over UK investment

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Sat, 04 Jul 2026 12:00:12 GMT

Exclusive: £20bn of ‘potential’ £30bn AI investment touted by UK ministers appears to have been hypotheticalIt was to be the biggest undertaking in Britain for OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. Stargate UK – a multibillion-pound UK datacentre project – would represent “a major step forward in the US-UK technology partnership”.But the plans were paused in April, with an OpenAI spokesperson citing concerns over regulation and high energy costs. Continue reading...

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