Reuters reports that OpenAI has secured its first permanent London office, with the site expected to open in 2027 and capacity for 544 team members.

Reuters reports that OpenAI has paused its main UK data-centre project, citing an unfavourable regulatory environment and high energy costs. The practical signal is that AI industrial policy is now colliding with siting, power and legal certainty, making deployment conditions as important as model capability.

Reuters reports that Anthropic has launched “Project Glasswing”, a cybersecurity initiative with partners including Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Nvidia, CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks. Frontier-model deployment is being framed less as a general productivity story and more as controlled use in defensive security, with credits and donations attached to encourage testing around critical software infrastructure.

Reuters reports that Aria Networks has raised $125 million to expand AI networking infrastructure as demand for capacity rises with wider AI adoption.

Reuters reports that Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet are facing rising investor pressure over the water, power and pollution impacts of US data-centre projects after some large developments were abandoned following community opposition. AI build-out is increasingly encountering environmental and local-consent limits, not just capital constraints.