--- title: Nscale’s £2bn AI data centre hit by UK grid delays description: Nscale's £2bn AI data centre in Essex, backed by Nvidia and with Microsoft as anchor tenant, has secured planning permission and a 90MW grid connection but... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/nscale-s-2bn-ai-data-centre-hit-by-uk-grid-delays-6rxx7bdus twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Nscale’s £2bn AI data centre hit by UK grid delays | daily.dev og:description: Nscale's £2bn AI data centre in Essex, backed by Nvidia and with Microsoft as anchor tenant, has secured planning permission and a 90MW grid connection but... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/nscale-s-2bn-ai-data-centre-hit-by-uk-grid-delays-6rxx7bdus og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/6RXX7bdUS.png og:image:alt: Nscale’s £2bn AI data centre hit by UK grid delays og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Nscale’s £2bn AI data centre hit by UK grid delays **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Nscale's £2bn AI data centre in Essex, backed by Nvidia and with Microsoft as anchor tenant, has secured planning permission and a 90MW grid connection but cannot get power delivered in time for its planned 2025 opening. The company is now exploring on-site generation including fuel-cell technology. The delay reflects a broader UK infrastructure crisis where grid connection queues stretch nearly a decade, with over 100 projects considering gas generation as a workaround. The situation highlights a systemic tension between the UK government's AI superpower ambitions and the physical limits of its electricity grid, a pattern also seen in New York, Scotland, and across Europe. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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