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

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

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Exclusive: £20bn of ‘potential’ £30bn AI investment touted by UK ministers appears to have been hypothetical It 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...

Category
Politics
Published
Saturday, July 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Publisher
The Guardian Politics

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