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Microsoft has canceled a UK AI data center project due to power delays.

Grid connection delays are now forcing hyperscalers to abandon sites, meaning power availability, not just chips, is a binding constraint on UK AI capacity.
Trade pressSlicast · October 25, 2026 at 05:11 UTC · US · Source: Crypto Briefing
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