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North East AI Growth Zone (Stargate UK)
Nscale, with NVIDIA and OpenAI
North EastApprovedAI growth zoneCapacity not published Verified — 1 source on file
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.
Project detail
- Operator / developer
- Nscale, with NVIDIA and OpenAI
- Location
- North East, United Kingdom
- Status
- Approved
- AI relevance
- High — AI/compute led
- Announced
- 2025-09-16
- Target live date
- Not published
- Published capacity
- Not published. No capacity figure means none has been published — it does not mean zero.
- Floor area
- Not published
- Stated investment
- Not published
- Power
- Not published
- Grid connection
- Not published
- Cooling
- Not published
- Water
- Not published
- Planning authority
- Not published
- Planning reference
- Not published
- Planning decision
- Not published
- Decision date
- Not published
- Construction start
- Not published
- Expected completion
- Not published
- Operational since
- Not published
- Confidence
- High confidence
- Last verified
- Not published
Key facts
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
Secondary source · DSIT / Prime Minister's Office (GOV.UK) · 16 September 2025
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