# Kanishka Narayan, the AI minister, said ChatGPT developer dropped out of project.

*genai · news · 2026-04-17 · The Telegraph*

## Key points

- Labour minister Kanishka Narayan claims OpenAI's financial challenges, not UK energy costs, halted Stargate UK.
- Narayan stated there has been no recent change to UK energy pricing or regulatory conditions.
- OpenAI has also cancelled data centre expansion plans in Texas and withdrew from a Norway project.
- Despite recent $122bn funding, OpenAI's $14bn annual burn forced cuts to projects like Sora and Stargate.

**Companies:** OpenAI
**Countries:** United Kingdom, United States, Norway

[Read the full story on The Telegraph](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/04/17/labour-openai-cash-struggles-data-centre-cancellation/)

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