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Anonymousabout 2 hours ago

OpenAI has paused its Stargate UK data centre project in North East England, citing electricity prices more than four times higher than in the US and unresolved copyright regulation. The decision exposes a widening gap between the UK government's stated AI ambitions and structural barriers — grid connection queues, planning delays, and energy costs — that are pushing hyperscaler investment toward the US, UAE, and Scandinavia.