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Microsoft reportedly quits Nscale’s UK data centre weeks before its IPO

Microsoft has pulled out of a deal to anchor Nscale’s first British data centre, the Telegraph reported. The move comes as the AI cloud startup prepares to go public. The site in Loughton, Essex, has faced a string of delays, Bloomberg reported, citing the Telegraph. The paper did not say why Micro…

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  1. 2026-10-18 12:02 · The Next Web
    Microsoft reportedly quits Nscale’s UK data centre weeks before its IPO

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