News Summary

• Nscale said it remained committed to building a £2bn AI data centre in Loughton.
• The data centre was due to receive its power supply at the end of the year.
• But as first reported by the Telegraph on Sunday, external, Nscale has been told this will not happen until the 2030s.
• Nscale and Microsoft are still working together on projects in Norway, Portugal and the United States.
• The site is expected to create 250 permanent jobs when it eventually opens.
• Only last month, Microsoft announced that some of the $30bn (£22bn) it was investing in the UK would be used to fund a supercomputer.