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OpenAI's Stargate UK Project Questioned Amid Lack of Site Visits and Hypothetical Investment

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OpenAI's "Stargate UK" datacentre project, touted as a major US-UK tech partnership, faces scrutiny.
Revelations show OpenAI never visited key sites, and £20bn of £30bn "potential" investment may have been hypothetical, raising questions about the project's substance.

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OpenAI's "Stargate UK" datacentre project, touted as a major US-UK tech partnership, faces scrutiny. Revelations show OpenAI never visited key sites, and £20bn of £30bn "potential" investment may have been hypothetical, raising questions about the project's substance.

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