OpenAI Pauses Stargate UK Data Center Citing Energy Costs (1)

OpenAI said it is pausing its Stargate artificial intelligence infrastructure project in the UK, as it reins in ambitious spending plans ahead of a highly anticipated public listing.

“We see huge potential for the UK’s AI future,” the company said in an emailed statement on Thursday. “AI compute is foundational to that goal — we continue to explore Stargate UK and will move forward when the right conditions such as regulation and the cost of energy enable long-term infrastructure investment.”

Stargate is OpenAI’s costly plan to expand global data center capacity to run and train its AI models, starting in ...