United Kingdom, April 10 -- OpenAI has paused a multi-billion-pound UK data centre project.

The Stargate UK project has been put on hold by the ChatGPT manufacturer amid concerns about high energy costs and regulation.

The deal included a large data centre in north-east England and making thousands of chips for AI development available in a partnership with tech companies Nvidia and Nscale.

The agreement formed part of a wider £31 billion package of UK tech investment, which had been hailed as a sign of Britain's potential to become an "AI superpower".

However, an OpenAI spokesperson declared on Thursday (09.04.26) that it will only proceed with Stargate UK when the "right conditions" could "enable long-term infrastructure invest...