🏗️ Microsoft steps back from the UK’s largest planned AI data centre 👀
The project: Nscale’s £2bn facility in Loughton, Essex, which was set to host a Microsoft-funded supercomputer 💻
The setback: a grid issue means the site’s power supply, due at the end of this year, now won’t arrive until the 2030s ⚡
Nscale says it’s staying the course:
📍 Still committed to Loughton and the UK
📍 Exploring alternative power sources
📍 Looking at other UK expansion sites
📍 Partnership with Microsoft “remains strong” on projects in Norway, Portugal and the US 🌍
The timing stands out. Just last month, Microsoft said part of its $30bn UK investment would fund this very supercomputer. The site was also expected to create 250 permanent jobs 💼
It’s a reminder that in the AI race, chips and capital are only half the story. Power infrastructure may be the real bottleneck 🔌
#Microsoft #MSFT #AI #DataCentres #UKTech #Infrastructure
The project: Nscale’s £2bn facility in Loughton, Essex, which was set to host a Microsoft-funded supercomputer 💻
The setback: a grid issue means the site’s power supply, due at the end of this year, now won’t arrive until the 2030s ⚡
Nscale says it’s staying the course:
📍 Still committed to Loughton and the UK
📍 Exploring alternative power sources
📍 Looking at other UK expansion sites
📍 Partnership with Microsoft “remains strong” on projects in Norway, Portugal and the US 🌍
The timing stands out. Just last month, Microsoft said part of its $30bn UK investment would fund this very supercomputer. The site was also expected to create 250 permanent jobs 💼
It’s a reminder that in the AI race, chips and capital are only half the story. Power infrastructure may be the real bottleneck 🔌
#Microsoft #MSFT #AI #DataCentres #UKTech #Infrastructure
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Foundational, a London-based #SpaceTech startup developing #infrastructure for a more precise understanding of #Earth and #orbit, has emerged from #stealth with €9.6 million in pre-Seed funding. 🇬🇧 🛰️ 📍
https://t.co/uHqaMe1Kqn
https://t.co/uHqaMe1Kqn
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🏙Today at the Opening Conference of #SIB #2026, we talked about where the #residential #market stands today and, more importantly, where it is heading. The market remains active, but buyers have clearly become more selective. They compare #projects, #locations, #financing options and #developers more carefully, looking beyond the purchase price to understand the long-term #value of a #property.
📊At the same time, #supply remains under pressure. In Q1 2026, total residential supply in Bucharest was 34% lower than a year earlier, while the supply of new homes decreased by 31%. Real estate is no longer just a conversation about price. Project quality, location, infrastructure, financing, liquidity and long-term potential are becoming increasingly important.
We see this very clearly in north #Bucharest, where business, #infrastructure and residential development continue to transform entire areas and create new #investment #opportunities.
🎙It was a pleasure to share the stage with Radu Berevoianu representing the Camera Notarilor Publici București, Andrei Cazacu from Imobiliare.ro Finance, Razvan Ionescu from Imobiliare.ro, Ivan Bogdan Cosmin from the Romanian Association of Real Estate Developers – URBANIS, and representatives of the #ANPC
For us at North Bucharest Investments understanding these changes early means helping our clients make better-informed decisions about their next purchase or investment.
The next few years will be less about simply buying property and much more about choosing the right property, in the right place, for the right reasons.
📍 SIB 2026 | Palace of Parliament | September 25–27
#SIB2026 #NorthBucharestInvestments #RealEstate #RealEstateInvestment #BucharestRealEstate
📊At the same time, #supply remains under pressure. In Q1 2026, total residential supply in Bucharest was 34% lower than a year earlier, while the supply of new homes decreased by 31%. Real estate is no longer just a conversation about price. Project quality, location, infrastructure, financing, liquidity and long-term potential are becoming increasingly important.
We see this very clearly in north #Bucharest, where business, #infrastructure and residential development continue to transform entire areas and create new #investment #opportunities.
🎙It was a pleasure to share the stage with Radu Berevoianu representing the Camera Notarilor Publici București, Andrei Cazacu from Imobiliare.ro Finance, Razvan Ionescu from Imobiliare.ro, Ivan Bogdan Cosmin from the Romanian Association of Real Estate Developers – URBANIS, and representatives of the #ANPC
For us at North Bucharest Investments understanding these changes early means helping our clients make better-informed decisions about their next purchase or investment.
The next few years will be less about simply buying property and much more about choosing the right property, in the right place, for the right reasons.
📍 SIB 2026 | Palace of Parliament | September 25–27
#SIB2026 #NorthBucharestInvestments #RealEstate #RealEstateInvestment #BucharestRealEstate
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Verda, a Helsinki-based AI #infrastructure company, announced today that it has raised €164.8 million in fresh #funding to scale its full-stack #AI #cloud. With this funding, the company has become Europe’s latest unicorn. 🇫🇮 ☁️ 🦄
https://t.co/6h7ijVKjDP
https://t.co/6h7ijVKjDP
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Arcos, a Munich-based #startup that builds and operates #civil #security #infrastructure, has closed a €5.5 million #Seed funding round. The company launched publicly today. 🇩🇪 🛡️ 🏗️
https://t.co/d38RNkK7VH
https://t.co/d38RNkK7VH
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