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OpenAI said it would explore taking up to 8,000 GPUs in the first quarter of 2026, with the potential to scale to 31,000 over time, at sites including Cobalt Park in the North East AI Growth Zone. Its stated purpose was to let OpenAI's models run on UK computing power for uses where jurisdiction matters. On 9 April 2026 OpenAI paused the project, citing energy costs and regulation. The data-centre sites are recorded on the Data centres page. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] CLOUD & COMPUTE: Nscale, OpenAI and Nvidia platform to run OpenAI models on UK infrastructure; OpenAI to take up to 8,000 GPUs first, possibly about 31,000 later; sites include Cobalt Park. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] capacity; site: First phase: OpenAI to take up to 8,000 GPUs, possibly about 31,000 over time; sites include Cobalt Park in the North East AI Growth Zone [Big tech Round 1, 30 Oct 2026] Announced 16 September 2025 during the US State Visit, linking Nscale (re-registered as Nscale plc on 9 October 2026, per the file), NVIDIA (up to 60,000 Grace Blackwell Ultra GPUs in the UK), OpenAI and Microsoft. OpenAI paused the Cobalt Park build in April 2026 over power prices and regulation. 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