OpenAI pulls out of Stargate Norway, hands data center off to Microsoft

OpenAI pulls out of Stargate Norway, hands data center off to Microsoft

This is the third piece of Project Stargate that OpenAI is retreating from since a flurry of announcements last year....

OpenAI pulls out of Norway deal with Microsoft as substitute

Just days after ‘pausing’ Stargate in the UK, OpenAI buys a podcast to better explain its thinking while CNBC notes the AIco is tempering spending plans as a potential IPO looms OpenAI has backed out of renting up to half the compute capacity at Nscale’s planned Stargate Norway AI factory in Narvik. CNBC reported that instead Microsoft will rent the compute capacity and OpenAI might rent some of that capacity from Microsoft at sometime in the fu…

OpenAI pulls out of a second Stargate data center deal

In the space of one week, OpenAI has pulled out of two European Stargate data center deals, one in the UK and the second in Norway. Observers attribute the move to the company taking a more disciplined approach to its massive expenses, with OpenAI executives trying to make their books look better in a common move among companies preparing to go public with an imminent IPO. In Norway, OpenAI had been in talks with neocloud provider Nscale, but pu…

OpenAI Hits Pause on $40B UK AI Project: Energy Costs Shake Data Center Economics

ChatGPT developer OpenAI has paused its flagship UK data center project, known as “Stargate UK,” citing high energy costs and regulatory uncertainty. The project was part of a broader £31 billion ($40+ billion) investment plan aimed at expanding artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in the country. The initiative was designed to deploy up to 8,000 GPUs initially, with plans to scale to 31,000 GPUs over time. It was aimed to boost the UK’s …

OpenAI Pausing Stargate Projects In 3 Countries As Key Execs Depart

OpenAI is abandoning plans for its Stargate data center in Norway, a decision that comes on the heels of the company pausing its UK Stargate project and withdrawing from an expansion of the initiative’s flagship campus in Texas. Also during the last week, reports emerged that three executives with key roles in Stargate are departing, signaling potential turbulence for the maker of ChatGPT ahead of its much-anticipated initial public offering.

OpenAI's European Stargate plans shrink as Microsoft and Google take over capacity

Back in July 2025, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed confidence that the conditions were right to bring Stargate to Narvik, Norway. Just a few months later, that optimism has largely evaporated.  The article OpenAI's European Stargate plans shrink as Microsoft and Google take over capacity appeared first on The Decoder.