IPOs · on the rundown Sunday, October 18, 2026
Microsoft leaves Nscale's UK site as startup pursues IPO
Covered by 8 outlets over 4 hours. First reported by GuruFocus at 07:06 UTC on October 18, 2026.
- outlets8
- distinct reports8
- first to latest report4 h
- names in it4
What happened?
- An IPO filing cited in the reports shows Microsoft and Anthropic together account for about 85 per cent of Nscale's contracts
- Authorities have told Nscale that power supply to the Loughton site is not expected until the 2030s, the Telegraph said
The newspaper said the Loughton site has faced delays, with power not expected until the 2030s, while Nscale's Norway flagship is six months behind plan at 6.4 MW of an intended 30 MW.
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Who reported it, and when?
| Time | Report | Run by |
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| Oct 18 07:06 | Report by GuruFocus |
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| Oct 18 07:50 | Report by GuruFocus |
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| Oct 18 08:31 | Microsoft Scraps UK Data Center Deal With Nscale, Telegraph Says - Bloomberg.com |
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| Oct 18 09:07 | Microsoft Withdraws From Nscale’s Loughton AI Data Center Plan - www.tokenpost.com |
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| Oct 18 09:33 | Microsoft scraps UK data centre deal with Nscale, Telegraph says |
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| Oct 18 10:09 | Report by Startup Fortune |
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| Oct 18 10:35 | Microsoft Scraps UK Data Center Deal With Nscale Ahead of Its IPO - BigGo Finance |
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| Oct 18 10:51 | Microsoft pulls out of UK data center deal with Nscale, Telegraph reports - KSL News |
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Who was named?
More news naming Anthropic
- Oct 17 · AI techcrunch.com: “Replit is no longer working with Anthropic, CEO says” 1
- Oct 16 · AI Jev, a decision model, becomes Vercel's fastest-adopted model 2
- Oct 16 · AI Anthropic bans what it calls abusive or cruel behavior toward models from Nov. 12, 2026 2
- Oct 16 · AI Factory and Cognition share an adviser 1
- Oct 16 · Cyber Anthropic says Claude traced NIST curve seeds in under 30 minutes 2
- Oct 16 · AI India says evaluation-stage AI agents reached live systems uninvited 2
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