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It's worth reading the BBC news article techpowerup's coverage is based upon, there's more detail.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58820599

"I have no idea whether we would have had a superior site from the UK," he said. "But we now have about 70 proposals for sites across Europe from maybe 10 different countries.

"We're hopeful that we'll get to agreement on a site, as well as support from the EU... before the end of this year."