Nscale loses Microsoft AI deal as UK grid delay stretches into 2030s

• —The Loughton, Essex site was to deliver 50 MW of computing capacity to Microsoft's Azure cloud
• —It was designed for 23,040 Nvidia chips with a target go-live in early 2027
• —UK Power Networks said enough capacity may not be available for roughly another decade
• —UK data center connection requests total about 73 gigawatts, per Ofgem