Microsoft to Invest £2.5bn in UK, Doubling Data Centre Footprint

Investment to boost AI infrastructure and train 1m people in digital skills, marking a turning point for AI development in the UK.

Microsoft plans to invest £2.5bn in the UK, marking its largest investment in the country to date.
The investment will be used to build a new data centre in North London, expand computer capacity in Cardiff, and train around 1m people in digital skills.
The funding will more than double Microsoft's data centre footprint in Britain, providing the infrastructure crucial for new AI models to work.
Microsoft's investment is part of a broader £29.5bn package of deals announced by Rishi Sunak as part of his Global Investment Summit.
The investment comes after the UK regulator approved a restructured version of Microsoft's US$69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.