{"id":22321,"date":"2026-03-14T11:37:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T10:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/14\/invisible-datacentres-and-capricious-chips-is-uks-ai-bubble-about-to-burst\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T11:37:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T10:37:28","slug":"invisible-datacentres-and-capricious-chips-is-uks-ai-bubble-about-to-burst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/14\/invisible-datacentres-and-capricious-chips-is-uks-ai-bubble-about-to-burst\/","title":{"rendered":"Invisible datacentres and capricious chips: is UK\u2019s AI bubble about to burst?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Datacentre investment boom is one of the biggest infrastructure gambles of this era, and Britain may be uniquely exposed<\/p>\n

Stargate was to be the world\u2019s biggest AI investment: a $500bn infrastructure project<\/a> to \u201csecure American leadership in AI\u201d. Never shy of hyperbole, its key backer, the ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, promised \u201cmassive economic benefit for the entire world\u201d with facilities to help people \u201cuse AI to elevate humanity\u201d.<\/p>\n

Now, OpenAI appears<\/a> to be dropping out of a part of the deal \u2013 the expansion of a flagship datacentre stretching across a swathe of land in Abilene, Texas, which has become one of the most visible manifestations of a frenzy of investment in the chips and power plants required to build and run AI. There has been a breakdown in negotiations over project financing, as well as the timeline of when the expanded capacity might come online.<\/p>\n

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\nDatacentre investment boom is one of the biggest infrastructure gambles of this era, and Britain may be uniquely exposed
\nStargate was to be the world\u2019s biggest AI investment: a $500bn infrastructure project to \u201csecure American leadership in AI\u201d. Never shy of hyperbole, its key backer, the ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, promised \u201cmassive economic benefit for the entire world\u201d with facilities to help people \u201cuse AI to elevate humanity\u201d.
\nNow, OpenAI appears to be dropping out of a part of the deal \u2013 the expansion of a flagship datacentre stretching across a swathe of land in Abilene, Texas, which has become one of the most visible manifestations of a frenzy of investment in the chips and power plants required to build and run AI. There has been a breakdown in negotiations over project financing, as well as the timeline of when the expanded capacity might come online. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Datacentre investment boom is one of the biggest infrastructure gambles of this era, and Britain may be uniquely exposed Stargate was to be the world\u2019s biggest AI investment: a $500bn infrastructure project to \u201csecure American leadership in AI\u201d. Never shy of hyperbole, its key backer, the ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, promised \u201cmassive economic benefit for the entire …<\/p>\n

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