Microsoft ยท Happened in AI https://happenedinai.com/company/microsoft/ Happened in AI helps you understand the important AI developments worldwide in under five minutes, then gives you the original evidence and context to go deeper. en Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:06:17 GMT Microsoft pulls out of Nscale's planned UK AI data center after grid connection slips to the 2030s https://happenedinai.com/story/energy-microsoft-exits-nscale-loughton-grid-delay/ https://happenedinai.com/story/energy-microsoft-exits-nscale-loughton-grid-delay/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 22:08:00 GMT News Climate & Energy Microsoft has ended its deal to anchor Nscale's planned 50 MW AI data center in Loughton, England, after the local grid operator reportedly said enough power may not be available until the early to mid-2030s; both companies say other projects are unaffected. Machine-learning correction improves two-to-six-week weather forecasts in Nature study https://happenedinai.com/story/science-ai-subseasonal-weather-forecasts/ https://happenedinai.com/story/science-ai-subseasonal-weather-forecasts/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 22:06:00 GMT Research watch Science A Nature paper reports that a machine-learning method that corrects systematic errors in ECMWF forecasts improves skill two to six weeks ahead, where forecasts are weakest. Skill at that range remains modest even after correction.