Microsoft quits Nscale’s Essex AI site, leaving another Trump-visit AI pledge without its backer
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Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has reportedly walked away from the Loughton, Essex, data center agreement it entered into with Nscale during the September 2025 state visit of US President Donald Trump to the UK, citing potential power delays to the facility into the 2030s, per the Telegraph. Microsoft was supposed to be the headline name of the AI investment push led by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The withdrawal now adds to earlier halts to the Stargate UK project plans in April 2026. That joint OpenAI and Nvidia venture was unveiled the same week King Charles hosted President Trump in September 2025. Why did Microsoft walk away from UK deal with Nscale?
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