Microsoft to build ‘hyperscale’ datacentre near Leeds

Tech giant Microsoft has bought a 48-acre site at the former Skelton Grange power station site near Leeds to build another hyperscale datacentre as it ramps up investment in the UK.
Over the next three years, Microsoft plans to spend £2.5bn on expanding its next-generation AI datacenter infrastructure, bringing more than 20,000 of the most advanced graphics processing units (GPUs) to the UK by 2026.
This represents the single largest investment in its 40-year history in the UK. Its other s