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Microsoft is exiting its UK data-center deal with Nscale.

A hyperscaler withdrawing from a UK data-center deal with Nscale removes contracted demand from a key neocloud build-out and raises questions about the economics of UK AI capacity.
NewswireSlicast · October 18, 2026 at 05:57 UTC · US · Source: Finimize
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