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August 4, 2026

Exclusive: Nscale to provide compute to Oxford, UCL and Imperial AI researchers

Nscale is working on data centres in five countries, including the UK

Freya Pratty

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London-based data centre builder Nscale has agreed to provide $1m worth of compute to researchers from the University of Oxford, University College London and Imperial College London, underscoring the growing demand for sovereign compute capacity from breakthrough research labs. 

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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is Sifted's associate editor. She covers UK tech and leads Sifted's investigations. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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