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US Tech Giants Unveil $42 Billion UK AI Investment Wave During Trump State Visit

The pledges, framed as a Technology Prosperity Agreement, target rapid growth in UK AI infrastructure.

Overview

  • Microsoft committed $30 billion over four years, including plans to build the country’s largest supercomputer and expand cloud and AI capacity.
  • Google pledged £5 billion that includes a data center near London to serve Google Cloud and AI demand, with an estimated 8,250 jobs at UK firms.
  • Google also announced an agreement with Shell intended to support grid stability and the UK’s energy transition.
  • Nvidia plans to deploy 120,000 advanced GPU chips in the UK with Nscale and OpenAI, creating a British counterpart to the US “Stargate” AI infrastructure effort.
  • The investments, totaling $42 billion from multiple US companies, are bundled under a Technology Prosperity Agreement covering AI for healthcare, quantum capacity, and streamlined civil nuclear projects as Trump is received at Windsor.