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North East AI Growth Zone (Stargate UK)
North East Verified against published sources
AI Growth Zone announced for the North East alongside the UK-US Tech Prosperity Deal, with British firm Nscale partnering NVIDIA and OpenAI to deliver "Stargate UK". Government states the zone has the potential for more than 5,000 jobs and billions of pounds of private investment.
Investment
- Stated investment
- Not published
- Lead organisations
- Nscale, with NVIDIA and OpenAI
- Announced
- 16 September 2025
- Target live
- Not published
Power and grid
- Published capacity
- Not published
- Power notes
- Not published
- Grid connection
- Not published
- Cooling and water
- Not published
Planning
- Planning authority
- Not published
- Planning reference
- Not published
- Current status
- Approved
- Floor area
- Not published
Evidence quality
- Confidence
- High confidence
- AI relevance
- High — AI/compute led
- Verified
- Yes
- Last updated
- 10 August 2026
Progress
Announced · 16 September 2025
Zone announced by government
US-UK pact will boost advances in drug discovery, create tens of thousands of jobs and transform lives
Key facts as published
- Jobs potential
- More than 5,000 (government estimate)
- Wider package
- £31 billion of US tech investment announced across UK AI infrastructure
Sources
- US-UK pact will boost advances in drug discovery, create tens of thousands of jobs and transform lives — DSIT / Prime Minister's Office (GOV.UK), 16 September 2025
Where this connects
- Tracker entry for North East AI Growth Zone (Stargate UK) — the same record inside the UK data-centre tracker.
- All tracked projects in North East
- UK AI Energy Index — the indicators we track for AI-driven electricity demand.
- AI growth zone impact calculator — model the electricity implications of a zone of a given size.