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Microsoft pulls out of delayed Nscale data center in Loughton, Essex

Hyperscaler abandons anchor tenancy at delayed Essex facility

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Microsoft pulls out of delayed Nscale data center in Loughton, Essex

Microsoft has withdrawn from a planned tenancy agreement at an Nscale data centre development in Loughton, Essex, following delays to the scheme. The cloud provider had originally been slated to serve as the facility's anchor customer.

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This summary was written by the GPU Data Hub desk from reporting published by Data Center Dynamics on 19 Oct 2026, 11:13. Read the full article at the original publisher.

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