{"id":25088,"date":"2026-09-24T18:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T16:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/24\/launch-of-uks-largest-ai-supercomputer-delayed-by-power-supply-problems\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T18:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T16:37:14","slug":"launch-of-uks-largest-ai-supercomputer-delayed-by-power-supply-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/24\/launch-of-uks-largest-ai-supercomputer-delayed-by-power-supply-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch of UK\u2019s \u2018largest AI supercomputer\u2019 delayed by power supply problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Datacentre hailed by government was supposed to start operating next year but may be held back into mid-2030s<\/p>\n<p>A huge datacentre project hailed by the UK government will miss its launch date next year and could be delayed into the mid-2030s.<\/p>\n<p>The site in Loughton, Essex, was described as the country\u2019s largest AI supercomputer when it was announced in 2025, but power supply problems mean it now faces a lengthy wait before coming online.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/sep\/24\/construction-largest-supercomputer-delayed\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/48d031cc06f5ca17cafd75b0f30a1537d4f35d43\/9_0_686_549\/master\/686.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=01ae1a58f0133abee2a5f514df399430\" title=\"Launch of UK\u2019s \u2018largest AI supercomputer\u2019 delayed by power supply problems\" \/>Datacentre hailed by government was supposed to start operating next year but may be held back into mid-2030s<br \/>\nA huge datacentre project hailed by the UK government will miss its launch date next year and could be delayed into the mid-2030s.<br \/>\nThe site in Loughton, Essex, was described as the country\u2019s largest AI supercomputer when it was announced in 2025, but power supply problems mean it now faces a lengthy wait before coming online. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Datacentre hailed by government was supposed to start operating next year but may be held back into mid-2030s A huge datacentre project hailed by the UK government will miss its launch date next year and could be delayed into the mid-2030s. The site in Loughton, Essex, was described as the country\u2019s largest AI supercomputer when &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/24\/launch-of-uks-largest-ai-supercomputer-delayed-by-power-supply-problems\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Launch of UK\u2019s \u2018largest AI supercomputer\u2019 delayed by power supply problems<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25088"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}