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Microsoft exits UK data center deal with Nscale, IPO at risk

Microsoft exits UK data center deal with Nscale, IPO at risk

The Telegraph reported that Microsoft withdrew from a UK data center build with British AI cloud startup Nscale, canceling a computing-capacity lease. Delayed power connections were cited as a factor.

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