# OpenAI has announced that the company is pausing its Stargate artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure project in the UK.

*semiconductor · news · 2026-04-10 · Times of India*

## Key points

- OpenAI has paused its Stargate UK AI infrastructure project due to high energy costs and regulations.
- Uncertain UK copyright laws regarding AI training data contributed to OpenAI's decision to halt the project.
- Stargate UK was intended to provide up to 8,000 GPUs in partnership with Nvidia and Nscale.
- OpenAI's pause undermines the UK government's plan to make Britain a global AI hub.

**Companies:** OpenAI, Nvidia
**Countries:** United Kingdom, United States, Norway, United Arab Emirates

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