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Microsoft aimed to submit plans to North Yorkshire Council in mid-2024, with construction from early 2027. The DCD page does not mention AI; it is included because Microsoft's UK capital spending is stated as for \"cloud and AI infrastructure\", but its AI purpose is not confirmed. 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No MW figure for the campus or application reference was given. The regional press headline describes the Leeds plans as \"Microsoft AI datacentres\", but that page would not open. 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The date administration began could not be read (the insolvency page would not open). \"wound_down\" is used as the nearest status; the business may have been sold by the administrators, which was not checked. 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