OpenAI announces Stargate UK, with up to 8,000 GPUs at Nscale data centers : US Pioneer Global VC DIFCHQ SFO NYC Singapore – Riyadh Swiss Our Mind

OpenAI plans to deploy Stargate compute capacity in the UK.

The generative AI company will take space in several Nscale data centers, initially “exploring” the uptake of up to 8,000 GPUs, with a potential to scale up to 31,000 GPUs.

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OpenAI said that the sovereign capacity will allow its models to run on local computing power for specialist use cases such as public services, national security partnerships, and regulated industries like finance.

Nscale said that it will “significantly expand” its planned UK capacity for the contract, with the GPUs expected to be based across a number of sites, including a new ‘AI Growth Zone’ in Cobalt Park, in the North East. This week, Nscale separately announced a major contract with Microsoft to deploy 23,000 Nvidia Grace Blackwell Ultra GPUs at its planned Loughton, Essex, data center.

The company will also deploy 4,600 Nvidia GB300 GPUs as part of Nvidia’s DGX Cloud, including for the DGX Lepton Marketplace.

In July, Nscale announced that it was working with Aker for a larger European Stargate project in Norway, featuring some 100k GPUs.

“The UK has been a longstanding pioneer of AI, and is now home to world-class researchers, millions of ChatGPT users, and a government that quickly recognized the potential of this technology,” Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said.

“Stargate UK builds on this foundation to help accelerate scientific breakthroughs, improve productivity, and drive economic growth. This partnership reflects our shared vision that with the right infrastructure in place, AI can expand opportunity for people and businesses across the UK.”

The news comes during US President Donald Trump’s visit to the UK, and coincides with a flurry of data center-related investments in the country, including a £5bn ($6.9bn) Google deal, a $678m BlackRock venture, and a new Vantage facility. CoreWeave has also said it is investing £1.5 billion ($2bn) in UK AI data center capacity and operations.

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