Microsoft quits Nscale’s Essex AI site, leaving another Trump-visit AI pledge without its backer

UNCLASSIFIEDMicrosoft quits Nscale’s Essex AIsite, leaving another Trump-visit AIpledge without its backer12IMPORTANCECLOSED1NEWS MEDIA1PIECESOct 19, 2026 11:26blockboard.net

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BT Bitcoin market event: it is read against the reference from 2 h before to 4 h after the line marks the first headline
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