OpenAI has postponed plans to open one of the data centers central to its Stargate project.
It announced its plan to open the data center in the UK with great fanfare last September, when it was regarded as a major boost for the country’s nascent AI industry, as well as proving a step up for OpenAI’s international credentials. At the time, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said, “The UK has been a longstanding pioneer of AI, and is now home to world-class researchers, millions of ChatGPT users, and a government that quickly recognized the potential of this technology.”
All of that has been quietly forgotten. The plans for the data center in Northumberland, in the Northeast of England, have been put on hold, with the project ready to be revived when the conditions are ripe for major infrastructure investment, according to a report by the BBC.
