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OPENAI'S £20B UK STARGATE PLAN CALLED PR STUNT

A source has dismissed OpenAI and partner Nscale's highly publicized plans for a £20 billion AI data center in the UK as a publicity exercise, claiming neither company has visited the proposed Cobalt site or filed planning applications.

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