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# Microsoft withdraws as anchor tenant for Nscale's Essex AI data centre
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-10-18-microsoft-nscale-essex-datacentre-exit/
- Published: 2026-10-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T10:59:57.000Z
- Description: Microsoft withdrew as anchor tenant for Nscale's planned 50 megawatt (scalable to 90) AI data centre in Loughton, Essex, after UK Power Networks said it could not supply grid power until the early to mid-2030s. Nscale says it is seeking alternative power for the site.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #reported, #ai-drafted

Reported AI-drafted [ITPro, 19 October 2026](https://www.itpro.com/infrastructure/data-centres/microsoft-pulls-plug-on-essex-data-center-development-over-power-supply?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish that the Loughton site has been cancelled, since Nscale says it still intends to build it.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Tenant withdrawal from single UK site; Nscale still owns/operates it, no answer changes. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)