OpenAI Didn't Leave the UK Because of Energy Costs, Meta Bets Every Dollar of Cash Flow, & Anthropic Is Quietly Nerfing Claude

OpenAI signed Stargate UK knowing the costs, Meta assembles a complete data center org in five days, and Anthropic is feeding the enterprise by throttling consumers.

OpenAI Knew UK Energy Was Expensive When They Signed, So Why Did They Really Leave?

OpenAI paused its UK Stargate data center, citing energy costs and regulation. UK industrial electricity is the highest in the IEA, 4x higher than the US, Norway, and Sweden.

But OpenAI announced Stargate UK in September 2025, when UK electricity was already the most expen…